We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:04:54 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Which we did, tongue-in-cheek, in yesterday's H&I Fires... snarking my sister a bit about her attempts to keep "gunplay" out of the play-habits of her children. However, depending on where you live, and/or the relative wisdom and intellect of your child... you *should* keep toy guns away from them. As in these toys in Iraq. Which Pistol is the Real Deal? Photo by Spc. Adam Sanders, January 11, 2008 Staff Sgt. Terry Dahl holds a real 9 mm pistol in his right hand and a toy 9 mm pistol in his left at an Iraqi police station in Seddah, to... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:52:39 -0600 You are correct, of course. I did what the caption writer probably did - the differences in the pistols were obvious to me (at this range) and I just said, "fake left" "real right" in relation to me. But for people to whom that is not so obvious, I'll go edit the caption! Good catch. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html#comment-68736 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html#comment-68736 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:33:35 -0600 left hand (viewer's right) is the real one. The other one does not appear to have the "safety trigger" nor does it appear to have the means to remove the slide from the frame. But those differences are not visible in the top picture, so they probably wouldn't be noticable at typical engagement distances.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html#comment-68731 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html#comment-68731 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:17:23 -0600 Why is the Air Force guy wearing a Navy cap? Same reason he's wearing the Army web belt and 9mil rig -- he's being *joint*...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html#comment-68705 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html#comment-68705 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:16:39 -0600 I resisted the play-gun thing too, but boys will make guns out of anything as your sister found out. Now they have tons, but ALL of them have some sort of "toy" aspect like the orange tips. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html#comment-68700 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html#comment-68700 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:46:09 -0600 Why is the Air Force guy wearing a Navy cap? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html#comment-68697 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_toy.html#comment-68697 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:36:21 -0600