> From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I had a grey plastic ("gunmetal color") machine gun when I was a > kid. The trigger was connected to some sort of flywheel type > contraption > that emitted a rat-a-tat-tat noise for several seconds when > the trigger > was pulled. I don't remember playing with it very much, it didn't seem > as fun as my other toys, like RC cars and I had a programmable little > tank-like thing that you programmed in a LOGO like language > and it would > drive around and could fire its "phaser" gun. Anyone remember the name > of that one?
I had about every kind of toy gun when I was a kid. Playing Army or Police or SWAT, you name it, were my favorite games. Most looked very realistic. If they didn't, I didn't want them. My favorite was an M16 that looked extremely realistic and fairly big (I'm not sure if it was real sized, I doubt it, though I thought so at the time). My Mom is a huge pacifist. But her believe was let boys play with guns since they will anyway. And if they play realistic enough, they just might learn that war isn't pleasant. Worked for me. In college, we had some cap gun pistols that were extremely realistic looking. One of my best friends forgot that he had one of these in his backpack while attempting to travel home from school via airplane. They caught him at security, believed him that he forgot it was there and that it was a toy, let him on the plane and then pulled him off again. (Guess who had to pick him up from the airport late at night?) I often wonder what would happen if that were to occur today... We also had some water-gun Uzis that looked extremely realistic. My roommate and I used to walk across campus with the guns. I'd walk in front with my hands in the air and he'd walk behind me with the Uzi to my back. We got some strange looks. (Someday, I'll have to tell the story about how 2 of my friends almost got shot by the campus cops while playing with those guns.) So those would all be illegal now? Sheesh. - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
