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a robber or other criminals might threaten people with a toy gun. people might call the police, flee, panic, or attempt to overpower someone carrying a toy gun. police officers and armed citizens might mistake someone carrying a toy gun for a killer carrying a real gun, and shoot them. a child might play with and fire a real gun confusing it ...
On November 22, 2014, Tamir E. Rice, a twelve year old African-American boy, was killed in Cleveland, Ohio, by Timothy Loehmann, a 26-year-old white patrolman with the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP). Rice was carrying a replica toy gun; Loehmann shot him almost immediately upon arriving on the scene.
A cap gun, cap pistol, or cap rifle is a toy gun that creates a loud sound simulating a gunshot and smoke when a small percussion cap is ignited by a hammer hitting the gun powder. Cap guns were originally made of cast iron , but after World War II were made of zinc alloy , and most newer models are made of plastic .
Police in Akron, Ohio, released video of an officer shooting a 15-year-old boy who was holding what his family says was a toy gun, video that shows the teenager was struck seconds after the ...
A teenage boy reportedly holding a toy gun was heard screaming “It’s fake” over and over, after being shot in the hand by an Ohio police officer, whose bodycam footage has now been released ...
As Halloween approaches, New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a consumer alert reminding businesses and online retailers that they cannot sell realistic-looking toy guns. New York law ...
Toy guns were used in robberies of retail establishments and banks. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Amid these highly publicized incidents, Entertech voluntarily began manufacturing guns with blaze orange-colored caps in 1987, and began a line of less-realistic neon-colored guns later that year.
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