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terryg wrote:

Brian Mobley wrote:On one of these rides we stopped for dinner with a couple of other officers and I mentioned how easy it would be to put orange tape or orange paint on the end of a real gun. The response was not very nice, in fact they were not happy with me at all.

Can you elaborate a little? Why were they upset with you? It's not like you were suggesting it was a good idea???

Actually I believe they have thought of it happening and they realize just like we do (CHLer's I mean) that it is a no win situation. I would venture a guess that if a person pulled a gun on me with an orange tip in a threatning manner that by the time I realized it was "fake" I would have already fired upon them. of course this has a lot to do with when, where and what time of day like in a park where kids are playing or at 200am at the local C-store.

RPB wrote:

paulhailes wrote:I'm glad everything turned out ok, and I hope they get a talking to if not more, it wouldn't be to hard to put an orange little ring around a real AR. Oh it's just a realistic toy, that goes bang.

Isn't that what orange electrical tape is for?

My wife and I Joined the League City Citizens Police Academy about 4 years ago and this enables us to ride along with officers at night when my schedule permits. On one of these rides we stopped for dinner with a couple of other officers and I mentioned how easy it would be to put orange tape or orange paint on the end of a real gun. The response was not very nice, in fact they were not happy with me at all. It made me think about what I would do if someone points an orange tipped weapon at me or my family? I imagine there would be a whole lot of paper work to say the least.

Be safe out there.