Did you know that it is illegal to sell toy guns in NYC?

[Jerchap2]

Ant the subject of this article isn't really a gun, but a small cigarette lighter that looks like a gun, with an orange tip even. Punishable by huge fines:

Bloomberg’s NYC Government Fining Gift Shop Owner $60,000 For Selling Tiny, Gun Shaped Lighters

How anti-gun can you be? When I was a kid, we all played cowboys and indians, the lone ranger, and everybody had cap guns. Not so in NYC anymore:

Over the past seven years, city officials have seized more than 7,200 illegal toy guns from stores and levied $2.4 million in fines.

 

[WawaseeHoosier]

I imagine it'll be a crime to THINK about a gun in that city before too long.

 

[Jerchap2]

I imagine it'll be a crime to THINK about a gun in that city before too long.

If the technology ever comes about that would allow thought police, God help us!

 

[Classic]

It seems like NYC is another planet. I am mystified that people would put up with all the dictatorial controlling, not just with guns but salt, soda, etc. What kind of people are these that allow a govt. to do this to them? I used to respect New Yorkers for there particular brand of "in-your-face" attitude. Disgusting!

 

[searpinski]

It seems like NYC is another planet. I am mystified that people would put up with all the dictatorial controlling, not just with guns but salt, soda, etc. What kind of people are these that allow a govt. to do this to them? I used to respect New Yorkers for there particular brand of "in-your-face" attitude. Disgusting!

Some people want a high level of control. It makes them feel safer. It's sad.

 

[Mark 1911]

To echo what some have already said, it's time to bring back tar-and-feathering.

 

[CPT Nervous]

Yes, I knew that.

 

[femurphy77]

I imagine it'll be a crime to THINK [STRIKE]about a gun[/STRIKE] in that city before too long.

FIFY

 

[netsecurity]

NYC is not America. It bears no resemblance to America. Maybe it all started when they began hosting the United Nations there, I don't know, but the slippery slope long ago eroded away into the depths of tyranny.

 

[cobber]

If the technology ever comes about that would allow thought police, God help us!

But, but... if it saves one child, it will be worth it!!

 

[Jerchap2]

NYC is not America. It bears no resemblance to America. Maybe it all started when they began hosting the United Nations there, I don't know, but the slippery slope long ago eroded away into the depths of tyranny.

AMEN!

 

[Jerchap2]

But, but... if it saves one child, it will be worth it!!

There must be a color or code that means "dripping with sarcasm," but if there was on in this post, I missed it.

 

[Doug B]

I thought it was only toy cap guns that can hold more than seven caps. (purple)

 

[Mgderf]

I thought it was only toy cap guns that can hold more than seven caps. (purple)

It can hold more than seven caps, you just can't load any more than seven caps.

 

[icky]

just plane insane. and they call us nuts (gun nuts that is)

 

[actaeon277]

NYC is not America. It bears no resemblance to America. Maybe it all started when they began hosting the United Nations there, I don't know, but the slippery slope long ago eroded away into the depths of tyranny.

AMEN!

It started well before then.
The port areas and largest cities in the northeast states were dragged through the Revolution.