
A water gun is a toy firearm specifically designed to shoot water. Coming in various designs and sizes, water guns are a popular toy in numerous developed countries, particularly during the warmer months. Similar to water balloons, the primary purpose of the toy is to soak another person in a recreational game such as a water fight.
Water guns have 3 standard methods of drawing out water from their reservoirs (their water tanks);
- One method is using a built-in air pump to pressurize the reservoir and send the water up and out a siphon. This method is used primarily on the larger size water guns, though some mid-size models do use this method.
- A secondary method is using a manual pump that draws water from the reservoir with each pull of the trigger. Although occasionally used in mid-sized water guns, this design is far more prevalent in smaller budget models, usually found at discount stores.
- The final method is essentially a syringe; the reservoir is an entire barrel that is filled by pulling on the plunger to form a vacuum. The distance and pressure of the resulting spray depends on how hard the plunger is pushed. This design is the most cost effective and while largely unchanged, the main differences are typically in the size and minor structural changes.
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- The local children of Kimihito's neighborhood - particularly the boys - are fond of using their water guns to spray Papi, largely so that the water renders her clothes transparent so they can see her breasts and/or underwear. Papi is overwhelmingly favored as a target because she is largely oblivious to if she's being indecent, whereas most other girls would instantly call them out for their perverted acts.[1] On occasion, however, the girls often spray them back as payback.
- In numerous countries around the world, water guns by law have to be brightly colored and unrealistic. This is to prevent them from being mistaken for genuine firearms.
- While technically not a toy, most hand-held spray bottles, such as those with cleaning solutions for cleaning windows, use a mechanism similar to certain water guns. Miia has one of these bottles filled with cold water, taking advantage of her species' natural inability to tolerate cold temperatures to stall her mother by spraying her with it.[2]
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