Well, there have also been times when cops thought the metal part of an unbuckled seatbelt might have been a gun and have shot the driver of a vehicle...when the driver was driving the car toward people. It's one thing when a cop has to make a split-second decision and makes a mistake. It's...
It's only ridiculous until someone gets shot because someone can't tell the difference between a toy gun and a real gun. This isn't exactly a new restriction.
It's about being able to tell the difference between real guns and toy guns, which has been an issue with law enforcement for some time. The law went into affect quite awhile ago, which is one of the reasons Megatron has not been a gun in the U.S. since the 1980s. Think about how often we used...
I have a version of that from 2004 (20th ann. of TF show). It is pretty frickin sweet. The differences: Gun is black Battle scoring on the radiator grill in robot mode No base to stand on. The little blue switch on the top of the cab is to activate a light that makes the Matrix glow...