Recently, an 8- and 11-old boy got busted in Oregon for running around in camo, and carrying toy assault rifles, painted to look real. The toys still had the orange plugs installed though. No, we don’t think realistic toy guns should be outlawed, but common sense needs to become a lot more common. Teach your…
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Realistic Toy Guns
The debate about realistic toy guns: why some places ban them, why police ask for orange tips, and how a parent should choose between a plastic toy, a cap gun and a replica. The articles here are opinionated but they start from the same fact, which is that a realistic replica is not a toy even when it is sold as one.
If you are buying for a child, the cap gun section of the catalog is the sensible middle ground: it looks right, it makes a noise, and it cannot fire anything. The pieces in this category explain the difference in plain terms so the choice can be made deliberately.