New York has banned dozens of online retails from selling toy guns (Photo: MoreToyGuns.com)
New York’s quest to confiscate as many guns as possible has moved into a new realm – toys.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Tuesday that three dozen online retailers will no longer be allowed to sell realistic-looking toy guns in the Empire State.
“When toy guns are mistaken for real guns, there can be tragic consequences,” Schneiderman said in a statement released Tuesday, the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reported. “New York state law prohibits the sale of imitation weapons that closely resemble real guns.”
Cease-and-desist orders were sent to retailers in July, and 30 companies have already reached settlements with the state tallying $27,650 in fines and penalties. That revenue will be added to roughly $300,000 in fines paid over the summer by Amazon.com, Kmart, Sears, Wal-Mart and California-based ACTA, the newspaper reported.
Officials say at least 5,000 toy guns have been sold in violation of regulations mandating bright colors. The state even captures information on toy-gun sales to specific cities.
“We may not be able to put the actual criminals in jail at a reasonable rate, but by golly we’re going to stick it to those toy retailers,” the conservative website Hotair responded Wednesday.
New York is not alone in its efforts to confiscate toy guns. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh signed an ordinance in November allowing police to take toys that appear real from kids and adults on city streets, WND reported.
“We can’t charge people for carrying toy guns around the city of Boston,” Walsh said Nov. 9 at a public ceremony alongside local clergy members and Police Commissioner Williams Evans. “But we can continue to talk to manufacturers. Why produce a gun that is an exact replica of a handgun?”
Boston citizens are not fined for unauthorized toy guns, but they must retrieve the property at their local police station.
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