http://richmondguns.com/taxonomy/term/105/all en http://richmondguns.com/story/lego-gun <p><img src="/sites/default/files/sm_BrickGun_Semi-Auto_w_Mag_01.jpg" alt="sm_BrickGun_Semi-Auto_w_Mag_01.jpg" title="sm_BrickGun_Semi-Auto_w_Mag_01.jpg" width="190" height="160" class="inline" />"Go ahead. Make my play."</p> <p>The City of Toronto called out its SWAT team because a man was spotted (in his own office) with a toy gun made out of Lego. Jeremy Bell, a designer who works in advertising, was arrested by the SWAT team, but then released when it turned out that the gun was a toy. Click <a href="http://blog.jeremybell.com/2009/12/03/so-i-got-arrested-by-the-swat-team-last-night/" target="_blank">here</a> for his account, and <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d5-Lego-gun-reaction-shows-conditioned-views-on-armed-citizens" target="_blank">here</a> for the Gun Rights Examiner analysis.</p> <p>I half-suspected the story to be a hoax, but upon checking found that it's well-sourced. It really happened.</p> Canada gun hysteria Jeremy Bell Lego Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:31:17 +0000 Runcible 85 at http://richmondguns.com