Local News in Brief : Burbank Firm on Toy Guns
A toy manufacturer’s plan to mark toy guns to distinguish them from real weapons is a “Band-Aid” measure and probably will not change Burbank officials’ minds about banning sales of the toy replicas, the city’s mayor said.
Daisy Manufacturing Co. of Arkansas, a leading marketer of toy guns, decided to put orange markings on its full-scale toy guns after KNBC-TV consumer reporter David Horowitz was threatened by a Daisy toy gun during a live news broadcast Aug. 19.
But Burbank Mayor Michael Hastings said the plan “is not the kind of modification we’re looking for. It’s just a Band-Aid.”
Burbank passed an ordinance in September making the sale or brandishing of realistic toy guns a misdemeanor.
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