Well yeah, this is definitely a NO-NO.
As you can tell by the picture above, a BB gun looks too close to the real thing so you can understand how it can be mistaken.
According to NBC DFW, officers opened fire and killed a Texas man after he pointed a BB gun at them.
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A patrol officer fatally wounded a woman when he fired repeatedly at a dog that was charging at him, authorities in the Dallas suburb of Arlington said.
The Arlington Police Department and all dog lovers in Texas are mourning the loss of Mojo, a police dog who passed away after searching for a suspect early Sunday.
According to Arlington PD, "Detectives were tracking a fugitive wanted in conjunction with the shooting of another man...