Weapons Policy- Weapons in public
These photos are real. As cheesy as that sounds, these 3 con goers walking to
Anime Expo this year were stopped in their tracks to a police officer telling
them to put their hands on their head. One of the con-goers had been caring a
gun, for his Cosplay. The police officer saw it and immediately took action as
if the gun had been real. After the three had put their hands on their heads they
were told the police officer frisked them all thoroughly then had them all sit
down on the curb where he then lectured them about terrorism and weapons. By this
time a second cop had shown up. After the lecture, the cop confiscated the weapon
and sent the con-goers on their way. The lesson here is for anyone cosplaying
with weapons:
To avoid this happening to you:
Carry all firearms and weapons in a non-threatening manner, ex. Having the gun
over your shoulder and not under your arm.
Make sure your firearms have red or brightly colored tips, this is one of the
only ways for a cop to tell that a gun is fake from far away ex. Most toy guns
will come with red tips already.
The three were not upset by what happened to them, and just said simply that
the cops were doing their jobs.
