Realistic “toy” Gun Found In Sandbox

My 5-year-old son found this buried in a sandbox at the public playground near our house. It's plastic. I described it to Mark who instantly determined that it was an Airsoft gun. In fact, it's available for $4 via Amazon. According to the Airsoft entry on Wikipedia:

Federal law in the United States requires that a 6 mm (0.24 in) orange tip to be present on all "toy guns" (including airsoft replicas) while being imported into the United States. These brightly coloured tips show the difference between real and replica firearms, which helps to ensure safety. However, when playing on a field, no orange tip is needed. The federal regulations do not require the owner to keep the muzzle painted after acquiring their airsoft gun. Few players choose to keep the tip, whether for safety or another reason, and some switch their orange-painted flash hiders with more realistic ones shortly before playing while at the field's staging area.

Either somebody popped the orange tip off this one or, like many models in the Airsoft product shots, it never had one. I guess I'm just surprised these things are still so readily available. And that one turned up in a playground sandbox. I'm glad no police officers happened upon the kid who was brandishing this "toy" before it was buried. And if they did, I hope the young person followed these words of advice from AirSplat.com, the "Nation's Largest AirSoft Retailer":

If you are confronted by a police officer while transporting or playing with your airsoft gun, stay calm and follow their orders to the letter. Tell them that the gun isn’t real, and ask them what you should do. Don’t make any sudden movements and DO NOT argue with the officers. Your attitude can mean the difference between being arrested and being released.

Or being shot?

Realistic “toy” gun found in sandbox

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Talk:Point-defense gun

Ship's weapons in Halo Reach.:

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	Yeeeeeah, those turreted weapons on Anchor 9, Savannah, and the Pillar of Autumn are simply to big to be a mere 50 mm. These guns are bigger than the turrets on Fletcher class destroyers in WW2 and those bastards sported 5 inch guns (127mm). While it is still a PDG, it's simply too massive to be a mere 50 mm. Probably a retcon.--[[User talk:Zervziel|For the Swarm!]] 02:59, September 30, 2010 (UTC)		Yeeeeeah, those turreted weapons on Anchor 9, Savannah, and the Pillar of Autumn are simply to big to be a mere 50 mm. These guns are bigger than the turrets on Fletcher class destroyers in WW2 and those bastards sported 5 inch guns (127mm). While it is still a PDG, it's simply too massive to be a mere 50 mm. Probably a retcon.--[[User talk:Zervziel|For the Swarm!]] 02:59, September 30, 2010 (UTC)
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		+	I say we definitely need to change this page. Split it up into two different pages or something. Because quite frankly the guns shown on the Savannah and the Pillar of Autumn are two frigging big to be a mere 50mm. A Scorpions gun is 90 MM and it's smaller than the gun as well. I think we should change the PDG to encompass more than just 50mm as there are many different sizes. Hell the Longsword's 110 and and 120 mm guns are over twice the size of the capital ships defensive weapons and quite frankly that's what I suspect to be inside of the turret instead of a 50 mm cannon. It makes the bombardment the Saragosa and the Grafton give the Covenant forces much more likely.--[[User talk:Zervziel|For the Swarm!]] 21:32, December 31, 2010 (UTC)

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Scarab Gun

Outskirts Scarab Gun (2):

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	#Hold X and you should (if in the right place) pick it up and land on the wall.		#Hold X and you should (if in the right place) pick it up and land on the wall.
	===Outskirts Scarab Gun (2)===		===Outskirts Scarab Gun (2)===
-	The second Scarab Gun does not actually exist. This 'second' Scarab Gun is a common misconception. The Scarab gun is obtained by 'tricking' the game into loading the Highway tunnel and then returning to the water, jumping up, then landing on the wall. The Warthog flies past, like it would if you were in the tunnel. After obtaining the gun, you can go through the tunnel and the Warthog and Scarab won't load, because the level has already loaded, and the scripted Warthog has already been activated.	+	The second Scarab Gun doesn't actually exist. This 'second' Scarab Gun is a common misconception. The Scarab gun is obtained by 'tricking' the game into loading the Highway tunnel and then returning to the water, jumping up, then landing on the wall. The Warthog flies past, like it would if you were in the tunnel. After obtaining the gun, you can go through the tunnel and the Warthog and Scarab won't load, because the level has already loaded, and the scripted Warthog has already been activated.
	===Metropolis Scarab Gun (Alternate)===		===Metropolis Scarab Gun (Alternate)===

Scarab Gun

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