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- Two Chicago aldermen are taking up a fight against those gun-shaped cell phone cases.
Aldermen Ed Burke and Willie Cochran say the cases could be confused by law-enforcement officials and call them a threat to public safety.
The proposed ordinance would outlaw gun replica cell phone cases as well as other products shaped like guns.
If approved, violators could face up to $750.
$750 might be the least of their worries.
Labels: safety issues
posted by SCC at 12:21 AM
37 Comments:
M/Fers will do ANYTHING to plant that one micro-second
of doubt in a Policeman's mind...
That's an extremely fucked-up either/or for ANYONE to try and
be on the right side of...
Either an honors funeral or a ghetto lotto pay-out and all the associated
grief and aggravation a Policeman will have to bear.
Society would much rather flip the bill for an honors funeral.
Besides... Po-leece look so solemn in their pretty blue uniforms
as they give one of their own back to good Mother Earth and
petition The Almighty to lovingly embrace his soul.
Or...
The usual and predictable media, "communerty activist," rev'run,
alder-fool and mayoral spokes-weasel demands for the poor slob
of a Policeman to be ruined and imprisoned because "he shoulda
knew better" or some such.
We need a law for this? No, no, no. Buyers are potential Darwin Award winners and runners-up. Don't skew the results!
Speaking of fines, how many $1,000 ANOVs were given out at the "pride" parade for drinking, that the mayor and dept. said would be strictly enforced. My guess is none. This politicians in this city and Cook County are feckless.
If gun-shaped cell phone cases are banned, ONLY CRIMINALS WILL HAVE GUN-SHAPED CELL PHONE CASES !!!
Pass go, collect $200 bucks.... What? Did Rahm and the rest of demos forget to add a tax!!!
Live a stupid life,
Die a stupid death.
It was obviously a cell phone! Why did they shoot my little baby?!?!?
$49.95 for something that does not even protect the phone from breakage?
Anyone that buys one of these should be slapped silly for that reason alone.
This "gun-case" product has to be the dumbest product out there. Even worse, anyone who buys it and uses it.
Don't worry though, some will buy it and be mistakenly shot.
Cockring will still blame the police if ya'll light up a kid just funin' with one.
One of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Slow day at the plastic molding factory in China. "What junk we can make today for silly American will buy? AH!"
More "Man with a gun" calls...and all the risk that that entails, to officers and bystanders.
One of these fools IS going to get blasted -- and here comes another multi-million-dollar city payout.
"Sen. Charles Schumer of New York followed this up by stating that the cases could be in violation of federal law, which requires all toy guns to have a visible orange tip to identify them as harmless. He told the New York Times, "For years, we have been concerned about realistic-looking fake weapons and that’s precisely why this federal law was put into place."
"It's already started to get even more difficult to buy the cases, which are manufactured in Asia. eBay agreed to pull the item after hearing from Sen. Schumer, the New York Daily News reports. Amazon followed suit after hearing complaints from consumers, saying the product had "not met its criteria for listing on the website," according to Yahoo."
For once, I agree with Scummer. This is a useless product anyway, asides from the danger. If CPSC or someone can work out a ban on importation, that'd be fine with me.
I like it,I'll right those fuckers every time,$750? He'll ya. How cool are you now bitch
While those things are incredibly stupid, leave yo Eddie to always try to solve the tough problems
Fifty idiots.
More nonsense. How about focusing on real issues, but that's the way it's been and that's the way it'll be
Darwin is calling all owners of these. GL with that homies.
Typical politicians, Distract away from the real problems..........good job Eddie----you ever keep your promises to Densy?
Oh man, first they take my foie gras they they take my e-cigarette and my dope pipes and now they want my cell phone case! Maybe someone will design a gun that looks like a cell phone. Or a container of flavored tea that looks like a hand grenade or a computer tablet that looks like a Claymore. It boggles the mind.
Oh look!! A new revenue generating plan...lmfao
Yeah but on the flip side, what's the chances of you getting your phone snatched while roaming the streets downtown? /sarc
"M/Fers will do ANYTHING to plant that one micro-second
of doubt in a Policeman's mind..."
7/14/2015 12:37:00 AM
Want to see action -- put on your khaki pullover shirt and pants BACKWARDS in CCJ. That way, big "DOC" is on front rather than back, can't tell for that second if s__tbag is coming or going.
Not tolerated. "HEY YOU!"
Sort of like some of the goofy little cars they design today, front contoured like rear, clear covers over taillights, can hardly tell which way they're pointed. Clever, trendy, dangerous.
"Yeah but on the flip side, what's the chances of you getting your phone snatched [using one of these plastic half-gun-shaped holders] while [the police have you on the hood] downtown?
7/14/2015 09:07:00 AM
"Or a container of flavored tea that looks like a hand grenade..."
7/14/2015 08:38:00 AM
They have these little ball-shaped premixed alcopop "cocktails" already, complete with pull tab on top. Stupidity is 'way out ahead.
I heard Loevy and Lovey just ordered a truckload of these and are going to hand them out for free. Now that's smart.
Be very careful, there are some stun guns that look like cell phones and cell phone cases. If you get shocked by it, then you are going to go down just like a taser. I recovered one last summer from a shoplifting offender.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Speaking of fines, how many $1,000 ANOVs were given out at the "pride" parade for drinking, that the mayor and dept. said would be strictly enforced. My guess is none. This politicians in this city and Cook County are feckless.
7/14/2015 12:49:00 AM
If you wrote anov's for dopw then you are a douche! There were more serious things going on besides people dopw on that day.
In the mid 70's there was a brief fad in the hood to wear a shoulder holster wallet rig. Shoulder holsters were popularized by Richard Roundtree AKA Shaft. After a half dozen fashionistas were shot while reaching for their wallet, the fad ended. Hmmmm. They didn't even need to pass an ordinance prohibition the sale/posession of these. Every cool fool in the hood that wasn't suicidal threw in the trash.
The alderman need to pass some ordinances now and them so people really think that they deserve their jobs. They do not have the brainpower to pass anything substantial or meaningful so they go for this petty bullshit. Don't forget they made Chicago a " Nuclear free zone". I heard Moscow was terrified at the thought and retargeted the ICBM intended for us.
Shallow end of the gene pool.
You know some ignorant, throw-away m/fer is gonna try it.
Like the dumb-asses who saw the orange "safety tip" off toy
guns then do some stick-ups.
"He jest funnin'!"
Until somebody closes his eyes for him.
"The proposed ordinance would outlaw gun replica cell phone cases as well as other products shaped like guns."
Other products shaped like guns could include a lot of things. It could include things that you have in your home right now. This law is a solution in search of a problem.
Anonymous said...
"Sen. Charles Schumer of New York followed this up by stating that the cases could be in violation of federal law, which requires all toy guns to have a visible orange tip to identify them as harmless. He told the New York Times, "For years, we have been concerned about realistic-looking fake weapons and that’s precisely why this federal law was put into place."
"It's already started to get even more difficult to buy the cases, which are manufactured in Asia. eBay agreed to pull the item after hearing from Sen. Schumer, the New York Daily News reports. Amazon followed suit after hearing complaints from consumers, saying the product had "not met its criteria for listing on the website," according to Yahoo."
For once, I agree with Scummer. This is a useless product anyway, asides from the danger. If CPSC or someone can work out a ban on importation, that'd be fine with me.
7/14/2015 05:46:00 AM
The corollary to those are the fake looking real weapons. There were some showing up some years ago. Real guns painted red and orange and lime green.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
"M/Fers will do ANYTHING to plant that one micro-second
of doubt in a Policeman's mind..."
7/14/2015 12:37:00 AM
Want to see action -- put on your khaki pullover shirt and pants BACKWARDS in CCJ. That way, big "DOC" is on front rather than back, can't tell for that second if s__tbag is coming or going.
Not tolerated. "HEY YOU!"
Sort of like some of the goofy little cars they design today, front contoured like rear, clear covers over taillights, can hardly tell which way they're pointed. Clever, trendy, dangerous.
7/14/2015 12:14:00 PM
>Snicker!<
Cue:
The silly m/fer wearing two ball caps at the same time...
One bill forward, the other bill backwards...
He ain't drivin' one of those cute-mobiles though.
Ol' raggedy Olds Aurora kinda dude.
>BRRAAPP! Rattle-CLAANGG!<
"Fuck y'all pointin' an' laughin' at?"
"In the mid 70's there was a brief fad in the hood to wear a shoulder holster wallet rig. Shoulder holsters were popularized by Richard Roundtree AKA Shaft. After a half dozen fashionistas were shot while reaching for their wallet, the fad ended. Hmmmm. They didn't even need to pass an ordinance prohibition the sale/possession of these. Every cool fool in the hood that wasn't suicidal threw in the trash."
7/14/2015 03:01:00 PM
AW JEEZ I remember those. That thin black leather with all the shiny snaps, to hold a pack of smokes up in your armpit or something. YEAH. REAL short run on the street, now that you mention it.
Peeps still walking around with those vinyl-zip "FIRST NATIONAL BANK" cash pouches to hold they rolling papers? Ha. Potential death still makes an impression occasionally.
Crown Royal velvet bags must still be there, just means you drink and wave yo s__t around on the way home. Still, a lure like a Pflueger MuskiePlunger or some such.
Watch out for the man with empty hands. Public masturbation -- hands constantly grabbing junk during attempted conversations -- doesn't qualify.
3:31 PM,
They say that cat Shaft is a baaad mutha...
We're talking about Shaft. Then we can dig it.
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