mdsouth
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2005
Absolutely. A green and purple toy does look too much like a real gun. Where do they buy their guns??
You do realize that criminals paint guns to look like toys to try and fool the police. Google images of real guns painted to look like toys and you will see what criminals do.
The problem is the TSA's own rules are too subject to interpretation. This is what is ALLOWED in carryons according to the TSA web site:
Toy Weapons (if not realistic replicas)
So it is up to the gate to decide what is a realistic replica. But we've all heard it being interpreted strictly and even bright colors of plastic guns have been confiscated and even toy light sabers confiscated.
Unfortunately, with 3D printers, many people are printing out plastic versions of actual working guns! So, with that in mind and the knowledge that some people are painting actual metal guns bright colors to fool authorities, this seems to be why many security people are stopping people with these type of things.