DGU Threatened with Toy Gun, Responded with a Real Gun

[RicInOR]

Cops: Drunk patron pulled toy gun; employee comes back with real gun

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[salmonriverjohn]

I bet the dumb ba$tard didn't see that coming, what an idiot.
Remember boys and girls, don't drink and play with toy firearms!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I agree the guy was a idiot and lucky to still be alive.
I hope that our erstwhile tough guy , now understands that decision making with the "help" of your friends Bud and Coors can be sketchy at best.

This funny and sad story also points out what I said many times before.
(And what I have been flamed many times for saying.)
Brandishing , flashing or threatening with a toy gun can get you hurt or killed.
Don't do it!
Andy

 

[ThemGunsThough]

Wowser. I just find it funny that the patron was the one who called 911. Man, can't fix stupid all the time.

 

[fxdc]

Wowser. I just find it funny that the patron was the one who called 911. Man, can't fix stupid all the time.

But it can be ARRESTED!
LMAO

 

[Alexx1401]

He is lucky he did not win a Darwin Award. "Stupidity should be painful". In this case it was. Every time some dope gets shot with a toy gun there is someone who screams. As if they could tell in that split second the difference between a toy and a real gun. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

 

[HuckleberryFun]

One reason I like wood and steel guns.
No one will mistake a 1911 for a toy.

 

[nammac]

One reason I like wood and steel guns.
No one will mistake a 1911 for a toy.

Unless it's a toy gun from yesteryear... I recall as a kid having pot metal guns with wood grips... But I'm kinda old too...

There's some airsoft's out there that are all metal. Remove that orange tip and even the most educated gun enthusiasts would be hard pressed to call it in a split second...

As has been said, play stupid games, win stupid prizes... Alcohol and firearms, even toy firearms don't mix...

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Unless it's a toy gun from yesteryear... I recall as a kid having pot metal guns with wood grips... But I'm kinda old too...

There's some airsoft's out there that are all metal. Remove that orange tip and even the most educated gun enthusiasts would be hard pressed to call it in a split second...

As has been said, play stupid games, win stupid prizes... Alcohol and firearms, even toy firearms don't mix...

I'm old too:
When I was a kid, around 11 years old, I had a toy that was a realistic looking reproduction of a Smith snubbie revolver. It was as heavy as the real thing and "fired" plastic snap caps that made a little bang. No orange tip, no nothing. United Airlines let me take it on the plane when I flew to go stay with relatives for the Summer. I also took it to school to play bang bang at recess
Try doing that now.

 

[nammac]

I'm old too:
When I was a kid, around 11 years old, I had a toy that was a realistic looking reproduction of a Smith snubbie revolver. It was as heavy as the real thing and "fired" plastic snap caps that made a little bang. No orange tip, no nothing. United Airlines let me take it on the plane when I flew to go stay with relatives for the Summer. I also took it to school to play bang bang at recess
Try doing that now.

See, that's what I'm talking about... How times have changed..

 

[HuckleberryFun]

See, that's what I'm talking about... How times have changed..

To this day I still have a thing for Smith & Wesson revolvers.
Start 'em young, I say!

 

[tac]

He is lucky he did not win a Darwin Award. "Stupidity should be painful". In this case it was. Every time some dope gets shot with a toy gun there is someone who screams. As if they could tell in that split second the difference between a toy and a real gun. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

'snot possible, my 50+ appearances in court in UK, where only THREE were actually REAL guns, tells me that.

EDIT - I must point out that I giving evidence on behalf of the prosecution in each case, and was NOT the perpetrator.

tac

 

[etrain16]

To summarize:

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

I'm old too:
When I was a kid, around 11 years old, I had a toy that was a realistic looking reproduction of a Smith snubbie revolver. It was as heavy as the real thing and "fired" plastic snap caps that made a little bang. No orange tip, no nothing. United Airlines let me take it on the plane when I flew to go stay with relatives for the Summer. I also took it to school to play bang bang at recess
Try doing that now.

We also used to play mumbley-peg with real pocketknives. We didn't use our teeth though. Thing is I know of no one getting hurt playing it. Of course one time we rolled a 6' diameter boulder down a hill in the direction of town. Of course only after it was rolling down the hill did we begin to get worried, fortunately it did no damage.