scenario...your views?

[twinkles**stars]

How would you react to this scenario?

Driving along a road you see a young boy in school uniform on his way to school waving a gun and knife at passing traffic.

Would you ignore him or take steps to ensure the gun and knife are 'toys' and not the real deal?

[twinkles**stars]

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@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:

You would call the school based on your own prejudice towards toy guns.

There is nothing illegal about children carrying or waving around toy weapons.

Whether they are or are not allowed to play with them is up to the parents....not passing motorists or their school.

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And you would know they were toys? How? They looked real from 3 metres away.

[joz*garage]

i agree with siggie in this instance

back at school, i and others used to tease motorists with toy guns

now, if he had a slingshot, get out of there... fast! hahaha

[twinkles**stars]

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@joz*garage wrote:

i agree with siggie in this instance

back at school, i and others used to tease motorist with toy guns

now, if he had a slig shot, get out of there... fast! hahaha

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Again....define toy? Their are children here in this country that have taken the real deal to school in their bags:(

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

You reported the boy?......good grief.......

The school seem to understand boys and their toys at least.

[**meep**]

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@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:

You would call the school based on your own prejudice towards toy guns.

There is nothing illegal about children carrying or waving around toy weapons.

Whether they are or are not allowed to play with them is up to the parents....not passing motorists or their school.

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I don't have anything against toy guns.  I would allow my child to play with such toys if she wanted to.   If I saw a boy waving a knife and gun at passing traffic and I could not tell if the were real, I would feel that I couldn't ignore it.

[joz*garage]

Again....define toy?

erm, it looks like a gun that doesnt fire real bullets, lmao

Their are children here in this country that have taken the real deal to school in their bags

i thought howie banned guns, got any reports to back that up?

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

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@joz*garage wrote:

i agree with siggie in this instance

back at school, i and others used to tease motorists with toy guns

now, if he had a slingshot, get out of there... fast! hahaha

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   Slingshot ....... more likely to cause real damage too.

[twinkles**stars]

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@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:

You reported the boy?......good grief.......

The school seem to understand boys and their toys at least.

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I did the right thing. If they are real my conscience is clear. The school has been reported for not taking it seriously......as a parent I would be cross that the school didn't reacted this way. The safety of children is paramount

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

How would you react to this scenario?

Driving along a road you see a young boy in school uniform on his way to school waving a gun and knife at passing traffic.

Would you ignore him or take steps to ensure the gun and knife are 'toys' and not the real deal?

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I agree with twinkles - how would you feel if you heard on the news that night that a boy had killed 7 students and 3 teachers with a gun and knife he had taken to school - would you tell the Police "Yeah. I saw him on the way to school but I didn't think it was worth mentioning".

In any case, a driver may be shocked into having an accident when he/she saw the boy waving a gun at him / her.  There is no way of telling whether it is real or a toy in the split second.

[danger.will.robinson]

In NSW you need a permit to have a replica weapon. Toy guns are usually easily recognised as toys. Replica weapons are not so easy to distinguish.  Although it is unlikely in this country to have kids with real guns, it is still a possibility little Jimmy has nicked Dads gun and is taking it to school to show his mates. As they say, better to be safe than sorry.