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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 06:36 AM Jul 2015

Crackdown on culture of violence: Afghanistan bans guns… toy guns

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by krispos42 (a host of the Gun Control & RKBA group).

The Afghan government has decided to launch a crackdown on the culture of violence in the country by banning guns. Not the real lethal firearms but toy guns that children play with.

The move on Tuesday comes after more than 100 children suffered eye injuries in the capital Kabul from toy weapons during the three days of Eid al-Fitr celebrations, which marked the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

The problem of toy gun-related violence is being felt not only in the troubled Middle-Eastern countries, but in the US as well. A study by Stanford University School of Medicine published last month showed that between 2010 and 2013 the number of injuries from ‘non-powder’ firearms in the US soared more than 500 percent.

In 2012 alone, more than 3,000 children were treated at US emergency departments for eye injuries from airsoft guns, BB guns, pellet guns and paintball guns, the study said.

http://www.rt.com/news/310452-afghanistan-toy-gun-ban/
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Crackdown on culture of violence: Afghanistan bans guns… toy guns (Original Post) SecularMotion Jul 2015 OP
LOL....good stuff indeed. ileus Jul 2015 #1
WTF is a 'non-powder firearm'? beevul Jul 2015 #2
Non-powder gun SecularMotion Jul 2015 #3
Thats an answer to a question I didn't ask. beevul Jul 2015 #4
ban fingers next, lol Duckhunter935 Jul 2015 #5
Pop-Tarts can be fashioned into IEDs Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #6
In the middle of a hurricane, a squirrel's fart is detected. nt Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #7
Wow, the prohibitionists are really reaching today. benEzra Jul 2015 #8
Locking krispos42 Jul 2015 #9

ileus

(15,396 posts)
1. LOL....good stuff indeed.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 07:17 AM
Jul 2015


Toy Control & RKBT...






poor buzz...
 

beevul

(12,194 posts)
2. WTF is a 'non-powder firearm'?
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 07:45 AM
Jul 2015

Is it like dehydrated dihydrogen monoxide?

Speaking of which, we better ban that shit, it kills people!

 

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
3. Non-powder gun
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 07:48 AM
Jul 2015
Non-powder guns expel projectiles (usually made of metal or hard plastic) through the force of air pressure, CO2 pressure, or spring action, they are different from firearms, which use gunpowder to generate energy to launch a projectile.

http://www.gunpolicy.org/es/firearms/citation/quotes/8745


 

beevul

(12,194 posts)
4. Thats an answer to a question I didn't ask.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 08:07 AM
Jul 2015

"Non-powder firearm" I believe was the phrase used.

Words have meanings.

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
5. ban fingers next, lol
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 08:22 AM
Jul 2015

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
6. Pop-Tarts can be fashioned into IEDs
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 08:27 AM
Jul 2015

Improvised Edible Devices.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
7. In the middle of a hurricane, a squirrel's fart is detected. nt
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 02:07 PM
Jul 2015

benEzra

(12,148 posts)
8. Wow, the prohibitionists are really reaching today.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 06:16 PM
Jul 2015

We need to ban plastic replica guns now, because they are so dangerous?

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
9. Locking
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 08:55 PM
Jul 2015

As the article is dealing with toy guns and not firearms, this belongs someplace else. GCRA, perhaps, or GD, or the Middle Eastern Group, although Afghanistan is more Central Asia.

Regards,
Krispos42, Group Host

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