New York Cracks Down on Toy Guns

freebeacon.com ^ | Aug. 3, 2015 | Elizabeth Harrington

[PROCON]

New York is forcing Walmart, Amazon, and other retailers to pay over $300,000 for the crime of selling toy guns.

The settlement stems from an investigation by the state’s attorney general office, which sent cease and desist letters to the retailers in December for breaking its strict law against children’s toys.

“State law prohibits the sale of imitation guns in realistic colors such as black, blue, silver, or aluminum, unless it has a non-removable one-inch-wide orange stripe running down both sides of the barrel and the front end of the barrel,” according to the attorney general office. All fake toy guns must be neon colored in New York City.

[PROCON]

Holy crap, Batman, I don't see how I survived growing up when every boy had multiple toy guns and we usually took them everywhere.

Never pointed one at a cop though.

Usually pointed at Bad Guy Bart, who was always chasing me :-)

[Steely Tom]

Hey, it’s easier and safer than getting illegal guns out of the hands of actual criminals.

[Don Corleone]

The Marxist Dictators have an army of lawyers who sit around all day trying to figure out ways to subvert the Founding Fathers great experiment. Its all about you loosing your rights and them gaining total power.

[jsanders2001]

Damn, why didn't WE think of that?!

the old mobsters would be astounded at how much more efficiient the feds are at shakedowns than they ever were in the ole days...

[jsanders2001]

Damn, why didn't WE think of that?!

the old mobsters would be astounded at how much more efficiient the feds are at shakedowns than they ever were in the ole days...

[RightInJersey]

I read the whole article and noticed there have been a lot of fines imposed on these companies. I wonder where all of this money goes when it’s collected, and when I say I wonder I don’t really wonder because I’m pretty sure I know where it’s going...

[G Larry]

Can we please crack down on fake leaders and fake Americans?!?!

[Yo-Yo]

Because you can’t buy spray paint in NYC either, you can’t spray paint your realistic neon-colored toy gun black.

[Ouderkirk]

I go to Lowes to buy a can of spray paint and they want to see ID like I was trying to vote or something.

I need ID to buy a can of spray paint !!

[EGPWS]

Gave up on the 2nd amendment fight did they?

[TexasCajun]

Profiling gone wrong !!

[Fred Hayek]

I need an ID to buy a bottle of Drano.

[Walrus]

I’ll settle for cracking down on Planned Parenthood.

[W.]

About 20 years ago, I ordered one of these from Replica Models, Inc., to hang on the wall with the other goodies. It showed up and was a nice piece of work, as it should have been for $300. It also came with a 9m/m orange plug in the muzzle. You'll never guess what happened next... ;)

[BitWielder1]

Because toy guns have been such a scourge in NYC.
When Libs can fix a problem that matters, they attack something that doesn't matter.

[PROCON]

You took the orange plug out and then went on a toy gun killing spree?

[JJ_Folderol]

So if I paint the barrel on my .357 day-glo orange, I can open carry in NY City. Cool!

[W.]

You betcha, I had to conquer some wall space for it! [Never mind the several dozen REAL guns and 1000’s/rounds of ammo in the same ‘toy’ room...] ;)

[marktwain]

I think this is the same prosecutor that has been shaking down people on pocket knives.

Totally corrupt. Even the Village Voice came out against it.

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2015/02/ny-reform-of-gravity-knife-law.html

[marktwain]

No, another guy. The knife prosecutions are in NYC.