Posted on 08/08/2006 9:32:18 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
Dallas may drop the hammer on toy guns
Safety panel vote puts city closer to adopting strict ordinance
11:10 PM CDT on Monday, August 7, 2006
By DAVE LEVINTHAL / The Dallas Morning News
They're Americana slipped into the holsters of little boys in cowboy hats.
But after a 7-1 vote by the City Council's public safety committee, Dallas is closer than ever to passing one of the nation's strictest ordinances regulating the sale and possession of toy guns.
The committee directed City Attorney Tom Perkins to craft an ordinance that would ban all toy guns except those painted a bright color, such as hot pink or neon green, or made of transparent or translucent material.
The toys would also have to reflect light.
Toy guns that don't fit the city's paint/reflection criteria would be illegal even if kept inside a private home or vehicle, council members said.
"I would have liked to see the city absolutely outlaw toy look-alike replica guns, but to get anything progressive done in this part of the country is significant," said the Rev. Peter Johnson, who through the community activism organization Weed & Seed has advocated banning toy guns locally.
Dallas should model its proposal after New York City's toy-gun ordinance, regarded as one of the country's most stringent, the committee told Mr. Perkins. A small percentage of municipalities, including Plano, have also further regulated toy guns beyond a federal provision requiring toy makers to place an orange cap over gun barrels.
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I don't think I want Hollywood liberals to have the rights citizens DO have.
What? Are you saying that Texas isn't full of rough, tough good ol' boy conservatives? You mean there are soft-on-crime liberals and criminals there? No it can't be! The Texas Freepers have told me that such people only live in California. This is such a letdown.
Next you'll be telling me there are homosexuals in Texas.
Now that's @#!%&ed up. So, people can have real guns in their homes (as it should be), but they need to make sure that they throw out any toy versions. What are they trying to accomplish here? Morons.
Dang! Why didn't you suggest that 35 years ago!?!
Well, do you still have a BB gun?
LOL, actually we do have one (my son's). But, I think I'll just stick to keeping squirrels out of the pecan tree. Although back in the day, shooting matches would have been fun for sure.
Then there wouldn't BE any politicians. Which may not be so bad, really.
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