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Law enforcement warn against removing orange tips from airsoft guns

Kids often remove the orange tips on airsoft guns, charging law enforcement officers with the task of determining whether or not the weapon is real.

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Minnesota officials issue warning after incident with teens and toy guns (VIDEO)

The situation was strikingly similar to the 2014 incident in which Tamir Rice was killed, and could have easily turned out very different.

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Plastic guns prompt TSA scare at Virginia airport

A suspicious checked bag caused quite a stir at the Richmond International Airport Saturday.

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Wizard World Comic Con staff makes gun dealer take down display

Wizard World spokesman Jerry Milani said they “want everyone to have a good time at the show” and apparently that’s not conducive with a fake gun display.

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Man dressed as Power Ranger arrested after threats with fake guns

Not unlike the Red Power Ranger that showed up at the Tampa pool threatening a man, the guns found in his possession were determined to be fake.

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Opinion: Stop pointing Airsoft guns at police

If you don’t want to get shot by police, stop pointing Airsoft guns at them. If you have any understanding of police procedure or the value of life, you’d better not point guns at police, real or not. If you do, expect to get shot.

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Documentary questions whether toy guns make good gifts (VIDEO)

Opinions are split over what the real problem actual is, with blame placed on racial profiling, trigger-happy cops, bad parenting and the toys themselves.

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School staff under fire for ‘violent’ video with Nerf gun (VIDEO)

The video, which was meant to get students fired up for rival week, landed staff and administrators in hot water after some found the video disturbing and in bad taste.

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Purple plastic confetti guns on school bus lead to 911 call (VIDEO)

The middle school students had the confetti guns, which shoot out tiny bits of colored paper, on the bus to celebrate a birthday, but apparently the sound of the confetti shots was confused with the sound of a real gun being fired.

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Massachusetts teens suspended for Facebook pics featuring airsoft guns (VIDEO)

The boy said they wanted to “do something unique and different instead of using flowers like everyone else” when they took the photo, but the school's superintendent said they need to learn that when something is done which upsets their peers, there are consequences.

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Baltimore Official seeks to ban toy guns (VIDEO)

“To me, doing what I do is not a question of if but when somebody is going to die. Some little child is going to die, or somebody is going to use that in the commission of a robbery. It looks that real,” the court official said.

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