like i said if they use blanks ignore it lol... i guess atleast they practice what they preach...

and no i have no idea where the gun salute started

and don't even get me started on bb/pellet guns... 90% of my interactions with cops was because of my guns (i've owned by now probably a good 20-30 of them) i even almost got shot by a cop with one, one time.. i had the daisy bb pistol that looked EXACTLY like a .44 desert eagle, including slide action... and some douche called the cops on me saying i was shooting my dog (i loved that dog more than anything i'd never shoot him) and a cop came around to my back yard, saw me with the gun (it looked real) and pulled his gun on me (i was all of 8 or 9 lol) and started screaming "PUT THE GUN DOWN! GET ON THE FUCKING GROUND!!!" i was just kinda stunned and i turned around with gun in hand and i saw that look of fear in the cops eyes where he was trying to decide whether to shoot me or scream at me some more... after about 20 seconds it finally clicked "oh shit, this dude is gonna shoot me!!" so i pointed the gun at myself (not like a suicidal type movment, just enough to let him know i wasn't being aggresive or anything) and sat the gun down on the ground, then followed...