I’m doing an NCR Trooper cosplay and what I’ve noticed is that buying an M16A1 airsoft gun and some brown paint for the furniture is WAYYYYY cheaper than buying a non-functioning prop. Like, the website I saw listed an M1 Carbine Airsoft gun as 250 dollars but the prop version is over 1000. What gives?
Fair, but then theres nothing stopping a criminal painting the tip of a real gun orange as well.
It isnt a stretch to imagine cops being trained not to treat guns as harmless toys just because they have bright colours on them
They don’t. Which is why I’m lucky I didn’t get killed to a certain degree.