In an attempt to become just like the Brownies, the Boy Scouts of America have just banned shooting water guns at other scouts.
According to the Daily Caller, water guns and rubber band guns are technically still allowed, but can only be shot only at inanimate objects.
“As summer — and pool weather! — lingers on the horizon, it’s a good time to remind you that BSA policies prohibit pointing simulated firearms at people. Yes, that includes water guns,” Bryan Wendell, Eagle Scout and senior editor of Boy’s Life, Scouting and Eagles’ Call magazines, wrote on his scouting blog.
“You’ll find the relevant sentence on page 99. It reads: Water guns and rubber band guns must only be used to shoot at targets, and eye protection must be worn,” Wendell continued.
Nothing says the “future generation of strong American men” quite like protective eyewear and rubber bands flying at inanimate objects.
The blog also noted that there are new stipulations on water balloons for the overprotected Boy Scouts. They must limit their size to no larger than ping-pong balls and made of biodegradable materials.
No word yet on buckets of water, sprinklers, or slip-n-slides.
