When it comes to toy guns, Governor Kathy Ho-Chol can't beat the real thing.
A new law enacted on Tuesdaybanned New York retailers from selling black, blue, silver or aluminum colored replica firearms.
We can keep children off the streets and protect our children and the law, law enforcement and all New Yorkers," Ho-chul said in a statement.
A new law passed by Congress with bipartisan support states that all toy weapons must be "white, bright red, bright orange, bright yellow, bright green, bright blue, bright pink, bright purple." , or made entirely of transparent or translucent material.”
Exceptions to the ban on other colored guns are allowed in situations such as theatrical productions.
Federal law already requires all toy guns shipped or imported in the United States to have an orange tip or stripe on both sides of the barrel, but airsoft guns and An exception is made for paintball guns.
Since 1994, Toygun has been involved in at least 63 shootings statewide, eight of which have resulted in death, according to legislative memos.
Real-looking guns are sometimes used by perpetrators who can't pack any real heat to commit a crime, but in 1994 his 13-year-old Nicholas Hayward Jr. It is also associated with tragedies like being murdered by the New York Police Department. A cop who mistook a teenage toy for and mistook it for his lever-action carbine.
Retailers, including Amazon and Walmart, eventually More than $300,000 in fines were paid, following a 2015 report by then-state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
The new law will come into force 90 days after him.
