re: Boy with fake gun dies after shot by officer

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The orange safety indicator had been removed from the barrel.

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My friend did this to an air soft gun when we were in middle school. One day he left it out in the yard and a police officer saw it while he was driving down the street. Told my friend's mom that without the orange indicator they can't tell what it is and its illegal to remove the orange.

Sucks for the kid and his family but this isn't the police officer's fault.