PROPOSED TOY-GUN BAN PROVES CRIME DOES NOT ‘PLAY'

NY Post ^

[Stew Padasso]

January 6, 2003 -- The City Council is moving forward with sweeping legislation aimed at banning the sale and possession of all toy guns - including the water pistols kids shoot in the summer. Current city law prohibits the sale of realistic looking toy guns, but the proposed amendment would extend the ban to the brightly colored and transparent toys that remain legal.

[mhking]

But if you paint it BLACK!

Yep. That black Super Soaker looks just like a rifle with a laser sight. Sure.

[newwahoo]

It wasn't a supersoaker. It looked like a 9MM in the photo I saw. I imagine it looked pretty real to the detective that saw it being held to his partner's head in the dimly- lit stairwell. The perp had managed to commit a string of robberies with it, and had been arrested and released from prison a year ago on criminal possession of a weapon charges for a real gun.

[mhking]

The perp had managed to commit a string of robberies with it, and had been arrested and released from prison a year ago on criminal possession of a weapon charges for a real gun.

Doesn't matter. The point is that if a perp wants to do the same thing again, he can get a toy gun from elsewhere, or fashion a "gun" out of any number of raw materials from soap to balsa-wood. What are we going to do, ban those materials as well? Please.

[Sockdologer]

Try going through airline security checks with those purses.

[chachacha]

Liberals!

They are the downfall of America.

[newwahoo]

No disagreement on the law. Its pointless to say the least. But the usual suspects here and the family are trying to make it out like the cop should have known it was a toy. They want to string the guy up for a justified shooting so I thought it was important to mention that this was by no means a supersoaker.