Sharon Makes War on Israeli Toy Guns
From Reuters
JERUSALEM —
Retired Gen. Ariel Sharon, now Israel’s trade minister, has declared war on toy guns that injure children, the Trade Ministry said Monday.
The hard-line former defense minister, architect of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, signed an order banning import, manufacture and sale of dangerous toys.
They include toy guns that fire projectiles or detonate caps and--apparently for security reasons--toy weapons that look like the real thing.
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