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Baltimore Bans Toy Guns

Cities in Maryland are considering a ban on realistic looking toy guns.

We reported two months ago on the city council in Salisbury, Maryland, possibly voting to ban toy guns that look like real guns. Here's a follow-up to that story. In mid-November, the Baltimore city council approved a citywide ban on toy guns that look like real…
Posted 7 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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Toy Guns May Be Banned in Salisbury, Maryland

The city council is considering a ban on toy guns that look like real guns.

The Salisbury, Maryland, city council is considering a ban on toy guns that look like real guns. “We’re seeing kids around the country getting killed because police think they have real guns,” according to City Councilman Muir Boda. It’s hard to tell if a gun…
Posted 8 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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Fake Guns, Real Crimes

Fake Guns, Real Crimes

Use of replica guns in crimes on the rise

The most recent example in the news of a fake gun being taken as real came when police in Ohio shot and killed a person who turned out to be a 13-year-old boy named Tyree King after he pulled a firearm out of his waistband…
Posted 8 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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