Today, I went to a dollar store with a couple friends to buy cap guns to play with. We were having a lot of fun with them, and took them onto a bus. 5 minutes later, three cops got on, handcuffed us, and sternly talked to us about the dangers of guns. We got arrested for toy guns. We are 17. FML
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Today, I was at a party when the cops showed up. They asked whether anyone had a gun, but I heard "fun" instead and raised my hand. I got searched. FML
Today, the police came to my house and arrested me. Why? The neighborhood kids thought it would be fun to hide behind my house and shoot at people with paintball guns. People saw it coming from my house and called the police. I was fired from work, due to missing it without notice. No excuses. FML
Today, I took a group of teens with me to hang up posters for our church's yard sale. Because it's summer, we went out at dusk to beat the heat. Someone called the cops on us, and we were arrested for "gang activity". FML
Today, at the bank, my 8-year-old son decided to pull out realistic looking toy gun, and scream "FREEZE! Give me all your money!" The dim-witted bank teller pressed the silent alarm, and I was nearly arrested. FML
Today, at the grocery store, the cops grabbed, cuffed, and hauled me to the station after the clerk called on me. I was with my 11 year-old niece, and she secretly tried to buy a pregnancy test. Despite saying it was for her aunt (my wife) who asked her to buy it for her without me knowing, they didn't believe her. FML
Today, I went to my local bank after getting an email from them concerning unknown purchases. Four hours later, I was still in police custody. Someone had been using my account to purchase guns and drugs. FML
Today, we went to an amusement park, or tried to. My idiot husband stuck his hand under his shirt like a gun and demanded free passes and "all the cash" as a joke. He's banned for life, they escorted us off the premises, and my children are inconsolable. FML
Today, my principal made me visit "anti-violence" classes because I had a picture of me threatening a man with a gun on my Facebook page. It was taken during the school play, where I was acting as a gangster and the gun was just a toy. The principal saw the play. FML
Today, my BFF and I put our kids on the bus, and went shopping and have lunch. We were both eating a gross amount of Taco Bell sitting in the middle of the parking lot. The cops pulled up. Someone had called them, saying we were doing drugs because of the way we were sitting. FML
Today, after my parents left for the weekend, my "friends" decided to throw a party at my house, despite my protests. In order to get them to leave, I called the police. I was the only one arrested, while they got warnings. FML
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Mwoehaha 0
Everyone who thinks he deserved it because he's 17 and still playing with toy guns should realise that staying young at heart is important. I feel sorry for people unlike the OP, who never play any games.
chimmy 0
Some places, like transportation vehicles and depots, choose to not allow guns of any type... even toy guns, since police officers mistake them for real guns. (Which apparently happened here.) Stupid, but there you go, luckily they didnt shoot to disarm/kill you.
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Guairdean 0
This isn't surprising considering the pervasive level of hoplophobia in this country. You're lucky you weren't arrested and stuffed in a cell with hardened criminals.
chris81589 0
The phrases "toy guns" and "We are 17." being so close to each other should have made you realize the post needed to end in YDI, not FML.
chris81589 0
The phrases "toy guns" and "We are 17." being so close to each other should have made you realize the post needed to end in YDI, not FML.
Shadow_Wing 0
Playing with toy guns like nerf or airsoft at 17 isn't TOO weird, but cap guns aren't really age appropriate. YDI for getting on a bus with anything that even remotely LOOKED like a weapon, public transportation people are really jumpy nowadays
genius_man16 1
#90 & 91 are my heros
xO_starstruck_xO 0
YDI for buying toy guns at a dollar store at 17. at least go to toys r us?!
kellster 2
I'm so glad to know that America is still fully selling the concept of guns = toys. There is no hope for this world. YDI for buying into it, and also for being so stupid. Of course cops were going to react if they saw something that looked even slightly like a weapon. That's their job. Grow up and realize there's a whole big world around you, sweetheart.
sampsonite24 0
you totally and completely deserved it morons
Tsukasa_fml 0
You do not bring guns onto a bus. YDI. #55 "FYl but this is a fake. police officers knoiw the difference between fake and real by the colored tip of the gun. Any one with a fucing brain can tell the difference". Yes, that's why criminals paint their guns to look like toys. You can't assume it's a fake just because it looks like one. How would it look if the cops ignored someone with a "toy" gun, only to have them shoot someone?
50srefugee 0
I think #92 is referring to #74, in which some students were convicted of a misdemeanor for modifying toy guns to be used as props while filming a movie. The police, and the law they were enforcing, are absolutely ridiculous. Using a modified toy gun to, say, hold up a store would be one thing. The act of modifying the gun and using it for an innocuous purpose ought not to be actionable. The OP to this FML says nothing about modifying the cap guns -- and the last time I looked, I couldn't find a cap gun that could be modified to plausibly resemble a real gun. All you "17 + cap gun = YDI" folks out there: There is no law against a person of any age possessing a cap gun. Doing something that makes you look silly or immature is not illegal. No, not even a little bit. And, dag nab it, cap guns are fun. If you don't understand that, you have my deepest sympathy. I am 50+; I've played with cap guns within the last two years.