Police Folk Allegedly Behaving Badly

[Halifax Tar]

We've reached a point where firearms have become such a social pariah, and are so rarely encountered by the average person, that many people, including many (perhaps most) law enforcement officers, have only a limited understanding of them. That lack of familiarity often leads to exaggerated fears, suspicion of responsible owners, and difficulty distinguishing toys or replicas from actual firearms.

 

[Haggis]

We've reached a point where firearms have become such a social pariah, and are so rarely encountered by the average person, that many people, including many (perhaps most) law enforcement officers, have only a limited understanding of them. That lack of familiarity often leads to exaggerated fears, suspicion of responsible owners, and difficulty distinguishing toys or replicas from actual firearms.

There have been numerous cases of real firearms being disguised as toys and toys modified to look more real by removing anything that could identify them as toys, such as the bright orange barrel tips. This image is from the Winnipeg Police.

Plus, Hollywood has not done us LEOs any favours by portraying the lowly 9mm as a hand cannon that blows the victim back 3 metres with every impact. Most LEOs have never shot anything but paper and are unaware of the terminal ballistics on a soft target.

 

[mariomike]

There have been numerous cases of real firearms being disguised as toys and toys modified to look more real by removing anything that could identify them as toys, such as the bright orange barrel tips.

There was a bank bandit in Toronto used to carry his FN C1 in a guitar case.

The barrel stuck out of a little hole. So, he painted it , the barrel , pink. So, as not to give the wrong impression on bank jobs.