A 23-year-old man was robbed by two men with a BB gun in Severn Saturday, Anne Arundel County police said.

The suspects confronted the victim near Citadel and Stone Castle drives shortly after 3:30 p.m. and demanded money, police said. The victim complied and the suspects fled toward Disney Estates.

The man was not injured. Police said one suspect was about 20 years old, 5’10”, and wearing a black jacket and blue jeans. The second suspect matched a similar description and was wearing a black beanie cap.

Anyone with information on the robbery should call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-ar-bb-gun-robbery-20140118,0,5525737.story#ixzz2qni0v0Va

Will this lead to BB gun background checks? Here’s an important question, how do we know it was a BB gun? Was the victim afraid of fighting 2 men? I know I would be if I didn’t have a gun.

Here’s another interesting story:

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Making lemonade turned out to be a dangerous entrepreneurial activity for a Pennsylvania boy.

A 12-year-old boy brandishing a BB gun is accused of sticking up another child’s lemonade stand and making off with $30.

The robbery occurred Monday afternoon in the western Pennsylvania town of Johnstown, local police said.

The 12-year-old approached the stand with what appeared to be a handgun in his pocket and threatened the younger boy, said Johnstown Sgt. Patrick Goggin. The boys “got into a wrestling match over the money box” before the older boy took $30 and ran away, he said.

Three other children — ages 8, 10 and 13 — chased the boy home and helped police track him down. That’s when police determined the boy had a BB gun.

Police aren’t identifying the suspect because he’ll be charged in juvenile court where most cases remain confidential.
Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/pa-boy-bb-gun-rob-lemonade-stand-police-article-1.1415351#ixzz2qnjeNqa9

I fear for BB gun companies and the regulations they’re going to face in the future, even though to me firing a BB gun is as exciting as having sex with a blow up doll.