Meanwhile real criminals are released on their own recognizance

I think bead blasters are only legal in Queensland. Most of the country has made them illegal.

Actually they aint legal here in nsw

Haha! My kid got one of these for his Bday. It's literally a toy that shoots small Orbeez-like things. It's so freaking fun! Man, NYC won't go after the criminals, but they'll come after your kid's toys!

A kid/spic in NYC was just murdered by a guy with a real gun for shooting him with one of these.

So NYPD is not totally overreacting here.

I don't recognize that item, is it a toy? This reminds me of an historical thing I read once. Back during the Napoleonic Wars, Prussian sharp shooters were issued newly designed air guns that could launch a fairly large, lethal projectile a couple hundred yards and Napoleon was losing officers to these gadgets. So he issued an edict that said any Prussian soldier captured with one of those air rifles would be summarily executed without trial. I'm surprised that air rifles did not gain as much popularity as today's rifles.... they were silent, easy to shoot, etc. Maybe they weigh too much to be useful.