Talk:Water gun

File:Watergun.jpg

I removed the picture as it was a rather un-necessarily gratuitous picture. Out of the millions of different water guns available, I didn't think it was necessary to show a sexually connotive one, especially as a page like this would mostly be viewed by children. Not that there's anything wrong with the picture technically, but rather I feel this is a move by a user to get sexually suggestive content onto pages which is completely un-needed. --86.24.162.140 (talk) 15:24, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I've been monitoring and thus reviewing this article for some time and it's never occurred to me that it might sexually connotative. Only when you pointed it out did I consider it, and even now it took some time to realize what you might be pointing out. (It's the trigger, yes?) Your concern is appreciated, but I think you're over cautious in this case. — Alan De Smet | Talk 20:15, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

The trigger? The water gun is in the form of a bent-over rabbit with a red cone shaped object inside it. I didn't think it could be much more obvious as I noticed it within seconds of opening the page. Please consider finding another equally informative picture of a water pistol - there are many, many to choose from. --86.24.162.140 (talk) 21:49, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

To put it into context, if I used this picture [1] it would be considered inappropriate. --86.24.162.140 (talk) 17:31, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm decidedly unclear how an explicitly "naughty" water gun sheds any light on this particular image. File:Male human buttocks.jpg would also be inappropriate and provides similar insight into the situation. Heck, were someone to note (ideally with citations), "Some water guns are shaped like other objects, including taboo objects, for novelty effect," a photo of the penis shaped water gun might be a very appropriate illustration. Ultimately Wikipedia has no particular goal to protect children from any of a wide and set of possible offensive images. Any child smart enough to browse the web can trivially find extremely explicit imagery (e.g penis). A child's toy that might be perceived as offensive by some people isn't a big danger. If you'd like to offer up a superior photo of another water gun, that would be great. But for now it's the image we have. A photograph of reasonably typical, cheap children's toy is a useful illustrative example, and the article is stronger for it. — Alan De Smet | Talk 04:36, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I didn't notice and neither will little kids. Martianshark (talk) 21:39, 29 March 2012 (UTC)martianshark

idiot. --86.24.162.140 (talk) 12:58, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

I've replaced it with File:Weapon.jpg, which has been on Commons since 2007. --McGeddon (talk) 08:51, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Regulations

Import regulations and domestic laws where? I am assuming United States? -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 18:08, Nov 15, 2003 (UTC)

Proposed link to i-mockery

Wonder if this link would be appropriate?--Vertigo200 01:55, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

"gun" or blaster?

thought that these are classified as toys, why the reference to firearms? Seems like the media in general regards any projectile launching device to be some sort of "gun" or "firearm" even if its clearly a toy. would an image from the following image be possible to use? strange why such an akward and uncommon shape of a water blaster is used. link: https://www.google.com/search?q=water+blaster&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=KAOkUbP2FPj84AOJi4DwBQ&biw=1024&bih=653&sei=KQOkUZOZNNj64APju4DoAw

Nerfmaster8 (talk) 01:09, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

History?

There's no history section in this article? 90.2.141.89 (talk) 23:59, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Also according to this article, the earliest reference to squirt guns is in 1865, but in an article about Jeffery Hudson, a dwarf of the queen, he shot and killed a guy in 1644 that came to a dual armed with a squirt gun. http://en.m.wiki.x.io/wiki/Jeffrey_Hudson#Duel_and_disaster 73.98.228.38 (talk) 15:19, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

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Water guns against riots?

I see it the first time in a video about violent protests against Trump at the Inauguration day. E.g. here http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/inauguration-anti-donald-trump-protesters-smash-windows-clash-washington-dc-police-ceremony-a7538031.html at 0:30. If this is a water gun that the police use, should this not added? --Lastwebpage (talk) 23:17, 20 January 2017 (UTC)