Rubber band gun Rubber band gun A rubber band gun, often abbreviated to RBG, is a toy gun used to fire one or more rubber bands (or "elastic bands"). Rubber band guns are often used in live-action games such as Assassins, in which they are common and popular toy weapons. They are also common in offices and classrooms. Rubber band guns have been popular toys that date back to the invention of rubber bands, which were patented in England on March 17, 1845 by Stephen Perry. This is the simplest form of rubber band gun. Its firing mechanism consists solely of a clothespin.
Royal Mail rubber band that had been collected by the public to the Royal Mail. The campaign, together with a similar initiative by the Keep Scotland Beautiful organisation, once again raised the profile of the issue, gaining coverage by the press. The Royal Mail emphasises that it instructs staff to re-use and not to abandon rubber bands, and that in mid-2004 it changed the colour of bands used from brown to red so that they are easier to spot and retrieve. It notes that neither the company, nor to its knowledge any staff, have ever been fined for rubber band littering; and that contemporary