Wearing Gear for Halloween?
 

A few of my friends wanted to wear our airsoft gear for halloween. I was hoping to get some opinions from you guys about it.
thanks in advance.

I don't see an issue with gear.

If you're asking about guns then you probably know it's wrong and are looking for justification to go out with them. So no, guns are not okay. Nerf or wood/cardboard cutouts would be a suitable substitute though.

Is there a possibility of being charged for "impersonating" an officer?

What kind of opinions you looking for? Legally its ok as long as you don't bring your guns with you, even the clear ones. Would be cool if you got light reflective tape on you or carry around a glow stick since most gear is meant to blend.

If your outfit says "POLICE" on it, then yes, most likely there is a possibility of being charged with impersonating an officer.

For an Armed force, I guess you could always pretend cosplaying from x movie :D

Might get sketchy if you disguise as a cop officer.

I beat that problem growing up. Instead of police across my chest or back, I had a shiny sherifs badges pinned to my shirt. I was 8 and my friend dressed up like an indian. lol

Fun times back when we could walk around with a cap gun that looked like a revolver. :)

alright thanks guys. so i guess gear would be fine then. but what if you were walking in a mall? cause thats where my friends want to go

Anyone dress up as an insurgent for Halloween? Any issues?

I'm packing some dropleg holsters and a simple black tactical vest for Hallowe'en and my girlfriend and I are going out as zombie hunters armed with nerf guns.

Nerf guns are hilariously awesome.

I don't know about the POLICE text on a shirt. I doubt it would be a problem on Hallowe'en, but you never know.

I was thinking about it for a while, but the idea of being marked as a military freak turned me down lol

JOC does a pub crawl every year. It's always funny looking at the faces when 10-20 guys walk in wearing full gear. We have strict rules about no guns unless they are obviously toys (bright colors, non firing) no airsoft guns at all.
and the pouches are great for holding beer and candy.

I finally found one picture of my suicide bomber costume from last year!

http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/x.../Terrorist.jpg

There are some better ones, but I have to wait on people...

That guy in the background doesn't look to happy..

Well first of all he's a gangster, so of course he's not happy and second he's not even in a costume, so he can suck it.

If you're walking around in a mall, clear crapsoft wouldn't be good but nerf guns would be cool

Even better though would be to have a holster and use bananas as pistols and apples as grenades, just a thought.

and just in case some one ask, have some leaflet that says to eat healthy and give em the fruits, hmmm now i wanna make a gun out of carrots
BTW on friday, i hope to get me some tac vest for a zombie soldier layout, have some face paint and my arm i will have bit marks and stuff

Wear all your gear, carry your guns and point them at kids.

(Do the opposite of the above)

I'm going with either the SF look from DoTD(the quick scene where the guy is firing the pig while the presidential helicopter takes off from the Whitehouse lawn), or a Tier 1 impersonation(Dusty), complete with fake beard.

Totally Tier 1.

That's what I'm thinking.

It won't be very accurate to the actual character, but it will still look awesome. All I need to do is track down a Jew beard....

You can wear your gear.. Impersonating an officer would be wearing rank..

Be carefull if your stuff is real CADPAT.

Basically you are not allowed to wear the newer ones in any occasion unless you are in the military and on duty. The old surplused ones are ok, but most people won't know the difference, so some jerk that has been to the bootcamp and got kicked out might want to rip your face because he does not understand (personal experience).

Anything from any other country would be fine... Multicam fits great with flashy Nerf guns...

My team and I went out to a bar a few years back all geared up minus the guns. We almost won best costumes. My buddy even wore his ghillie suit.

Sorry Kos, but I just about peed myself when I read that. Reminds me of a time when me and a friend went to a club and some people thought he was someone else, Man did we have to book out of there fast.

Impersonating an officer charge is VERY VERY unlikely.

I asked a police officer last year because my costume was basically SWAT with POLICE on it instead of SWAT.

Anyways, the officer said POLICE lettering is fine. Aslong as you dont go around pretending like you are a cop. Also, you can't put any district patches on your shoulders. For example,

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-VPD_Patch.jpg

Any patches like that, you will most likely get arrested.

Im guessing your other friends dressed up as a biker, construction worker, navy officer and cowboy :P

My money's on Hades being the biker :P He always liked stashes :rolleyes:

Just don't bring anything that shoots if you wanna stay on the safe side.. I am wearing the ghillie this halloween.

How old are you guys to be discussing what is appropriate dress up for walking around the mall or in public in general?

Grow up.


As for costume parties with friends, dress appropriate to the sensibilities of your friends. For work, wear a shitty dollar store pirate hat or something tame. Then again, I don't really care if you get picked up for being a douche in public so wear whatever you want I suppose and ignore my stupid advice.


Cheers.


(Now dressing your kid up in cool gear because he/she wants to be an Army dude, now that's just dandy. But remember no toy/fake guns, because they will self animate and kill babies or at the very least implant homicidal thoughts into your kids.)


To the OP.

Again, Dress to the sensibilities of your friends, when in doubt just do it minimalistic-ally, some BDU's and a hat is more then enough to enjoy yourself at a party.