Reply #4: Could this incident be a victory of sorts for gun control? [View All]

[slackmaster]

Maybe gun laws made it too much of a hassle for the robber to get a gun. Bluffing seems like a really dumb (or desperate) idea.

I personally know someone who is in prison for several robberies he committed with a plastic toy gun tucked into his waist. He was already a convicted felon and ineligible to legally get a real gun when he did the robberies. He could have faced additional time for degree issues for simulating a weapon, but I believe that was plea-bargained away. As it stands he won't be out until around 2018, at which time he'll be roughly 70 years old.