Real Or Fake? Question About Weapons Put Before Students

DENVER (CBS4)- Real or fake? That's the question police officers must answer quickly when they see weapons. Officers and students teamed up to make sure students know the dangers that fake weapons can pose.

At South High School on Tuesday, officers brought replica weapons to the school to help spread the message "Fake guns carry real consequences."

Officers invited the students to examine the guns and identify whether they were real or fake.

"When they brought these guns at first I couldn't tell if they were real or fake," said South High School sophomore Eliana Goldberg.

"All the warning labels are in grey on a black surface... I couldn't tell that these aren't real weapons," said South High School sophomore Jua Fletcher.

All of the students asked to listen to the message on Tuesday are a part of student government. Some even attended the police academy to better understand the difficult decision police face.

Students say they understand that most of the time police don't have time to analyze a gun and determine whether its real or fake. Now, they want to help educate their peers.

"I think our responsibility being in student government, because we have such a large voice not only in our school but in our community, is showing students the danger of this and showing how it's not a joke from a police standpoint," said Goldberg.