Monday, October 10, 2016

In Wake of Accidental Deaths, Bans on Toy Guns Gaining Ground Across America

In an effort to prevent misjudged police-involved killings such as the fatal shooting of Tyre King, aged 13 — who was killed September 14 in Columbus, Ohio, by officers who mistook his BB gun for a real weapon — towns and cities across America are reviewing and implementing regulation that bans residents from owning realistic, non-lethal weapons.
 
According to a report in the Guardian, 28 people with BB guns were shot and killed by police in 2015 alone. After 12-year-old Tamir Rice of Cleveland was shot and killed by police in 2014 when officers mistook his toy gun for a real one, several cities began proposing a ban on replica guns. Last November, Boston passed a ban on realistic-looking toy hand guns. A dozen states have already passed laws restricting fake guns, and Baltimore is currently considering a city-wide ban on replica guns. 

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