An 11-year-old Ocoee boy was arrested for playing with a toy gun. Police said the arrest was necessary, because it was a safety issue.So. Not even Florida is free from hysterical knickers-knotting stick-ophobia. Can't call it hoplophobia, because no weapons were involved. Just a stick. They have refrained from publishing a photo of said stick. Too bad, because I have a feeling it would only serve to reinforce my contempt for this woman who soiled her silkies because of a rubber-band shooter.
The boy was using a rubber band gun and his father said the kid did nothing wrong, but police said they take it as a serious threat and the 11-year-old is facing felony charges.
The crime isn't very common, but Ocoee police said it is serious. It centers on an 11-year-old boy and his toy short-barreled shotgun.
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Eyewitness News spoke to the father of the suspect on the phone. He said his son is out of juvenile detention and that a judge told him the case would be dropped. He also confirmed that the gun was black, but that it looked more like a stick than a gun.
However, I did Google one up. No telling if this is the model in question or not, but you can see it at Think Geek. Maybe she thought it was a Kill-O-Zap.
I must say, a rubber band shooter that releases 10 at once is extremely cool. Man, I would never get to play with something like that if I bought one. My son would never let me get my hands on it. Although I could probably whack him several times with my single-shot rubber band shooter while he was reloading.
And that's not all. I took a screen shot of the article this morning just in case it changed (so far, it hasn't). Check it out (click to enlarge):
Yeah, you might need a soft cloth to wipe the irony off your screen right about now.
It's a good thing it wasn't a pineapple.
Via The Liberty Zone.
