Lego Gun - Lego Gun

A Lego gun is a toy weapon which is made out of Lego elements. There are both working guns (that either shoot rubber bands or bricks), but also replicas that do not shoot and have more for detail. Lego's makers have a long-standing policy of not manufacturing realistic modern weaponry (although swords and medieval arms are available), so hobbyists have sought to fill gaps in the market.

Model-makers

Jack Streat has produced a number of rubber band guns, including a replica Leeâ€"Enfield bolt-action sniper rifle. He has produced a book, LEGO Heavy Weapons (No Starch Press). The SF Gate expressed concern that the book could encourage children into aggression and gun-love.

Will Chapman has circumvented Lego's opposition to modern weaponry by casting his own non-functional lego guns: he constructed aluminium moulds from a CNC mill and injection-molded plastic from melted-down Lego bricks.

News incidents

On 29 January 2013 a woman from Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA reported that her 5-year-old son was threatened with suspension after making a Lego gun in an after school class.

Books

• Jack Streat, LEGO Heavy Weapons (No Starch Press)
• Martin Hüdepohl, Badass Lego Guns: Building Instructions for Five Working Guns (No Starch Press)
• Ulrik Pilegaard, Mike Dooley, Forbidden Lego: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against! (No Starch Press) - projects include a gun that fires Lego beams, a candy catapult, and a gun that fires ping-pong balls

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