LEOs/everyone beware

[lrahm]

I've heard news that's a little disturbing. I don't know if it is old news to some but new for me. For some reason badguys are starting to put red tips on the ends of their guns to make it look like a fake gun. I can only assume that it it to lure a person or officer into a sense of comfort that it isn't a real gun. Just beware and be careful.

 

[kjf40]

I have heard of people taking the red tips OFF of fake guns to make them seem more real.....but now this is a twist...make them look fake!!


Sheesh...what will they do next

 

[bluewraith]

I've also heard of kids being shot for pointing red tipped guns at officers... so I don't think this will make much difference?

 

[phylodog]

What's the problem? Trees and crabs have had red tips on them for years and the people that deal with them for a living are in much more dangerous positions than LEOs. I'm sure there is a very innocent and simple explanation.

 

[tom1025]

Its a new fad called pimp yo pistol. Everybody is doing it.

 

[Naptown]

flavor of the month.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Pffft, I've painting my front sights red for decades now.

Must be budget time?

Next we'll be reading about converting Glocks to full auto or flashing headlights as a gang initiation.

FW:FW:FW:FW:Full Auto Glock Flashing

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Yeah, it's budget time again. Does every LE department get these goofy forwarded e-mails to bolster the bottom line? Who's at the bottom of this? Police union? Who?

"They're painting the tips red!!!" "ZOMG, give us money."

"Yeah, and so? The gun is now pointing at you, who cares what it looks like. And you are really going to see it in reduced, altered or failing light."



EDIT: holy crap is this one old. Not as old as the full auto Glocks or the headlights, but still long in the tooth

 

[lrahm]

Yeah, it's budget time again. Does every LE department get these goofy forwarded e-mails to bolster the bottom line? Who's at the bottom of this? Police union? Who?

"They're painting the tips red!!!" "ZOMG, give us money."

"Yeah, and so? The gun is now pointing at you, who cares what it looks like. And you are really going to see it in reduced, altered or failing light."



EDIT: holy crap is this one old. Not as old as the full auto Glocks or the headlights, but still long in the tooth

No we don't need any more money remember we are swimming in it. I have my tank now with twin fifties. I just thought that someone might try to make some reasonable sense out of this. I can understand why they take the red tips off but to put some on and lure a person into a false sense of security doesn't make sense.

 

[sepe]

I was joking with my brother about doing this with his Draco.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I can understand why they take the red tips off but to put some on and lure a person into a false sense of security doesn't make sense.

Your detective sense is tingling.

You are certainly correct. This goofy rumor doesn't make any sense at all.

I don't know why these silly memes get started in law enforcement and the strange thing is is that they will not die. These rumors are even worse than the gun culture rumors, and that's saying something.

 

[lrahm]

I use to do the same thing with my model 19. It's great use for a red crayon and a ramped sight. The next one of the red barrel guns I see, I'll make sure I get a picture of it before it gets placed into evidence again.

 

[Sylvain]

Next thing we know they will paint the entire gun blue to make it look like a training gun.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

The next one of the red barrel guns I see, I'll make sure I get a picture of it before it gets placed into evidence again.

That's funny.

Yes, and take a picture of those full-auto Glocks and cars riddled with bullet holes after the "gangsters" flash their lights at them.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Next thing we know they will paint the entire gun blue to make it look like a training gun.

That is a great idea. Then I can call my G17 my Smurf gun

 

[Sylvain]

That is a great idea. Then I can call my G17 my Smurf gun

You can even take your G17 thru the TSA security check among your other blue guns that way.
Since they know that "blue gun = fake gun".

 

[canav844]

No we don't need any more money remember we are swimming in it. I have my tank now with twin fifties. I just thought that someone might try to make some reasonable sense out of this. I can understand why they take the red tips off but to put some on and lure a person into a false sense of security doesn't make sense.

Gun in the back still works just as well for a mugging, but when the LEOs zillion lumen light hits him, puts a moment of pause that it's not real and he can shoot first; would be my guess in the reasoning. Not going to say it's accurate or not, just that there have been cases where we are without good officers because their good nature caused them to hesitate to act for those fractions of a second.