Fashion Statement: “Put Your Hands Up”

guns bucklesSo here’s a twist on the gun/belt buckle connection. Instead of concealing an actual gun, a store in Pine Ridge, Idaho sells belt buckles that reveal them. The stores owner claims they are among their most in demand accessories. They’re fake, at least–some encrusted with diamonds and fur–but since when did it become cool to wear a plastic gun around your waist? In New York, that might get you shot. The po po don’t take kindly to kids who carry what appear to be weapons, whether diamond encrusted or not. Click here for the story and video.

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  1. Tiffany March 18, 2008 8:49 am

    The picture makes it look pretty real to me! I remember on “The Wire” Presbo had to become a teacher after accidentally shooting another police officer, so what chance do civilians have?? If I lived where gunfire was prevalent, this would be the last item I’d be rocking.

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