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NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A New York discount store was ordered to pay a $30,000 fine for stocking toy guns that were deemed to be too realistic.
Andrew Tilem, lawyer for the odds-and-ends store called 99¢ Target, said the fine amounts to $5,000 for each of the six toy sheriff sets put up for sale at the store in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood, the New York Post reported Tuesday.
Tilem said the vendor for the toys, JMD All Star of New Jersey, told owner Jamal Ahmed the sets, which included orange plastic-tipped toy guns, were legal for sale and one of the store's managers failed to inform the owner when a city inspector wrote the store up for stocking the items.
City regulations bar the sale of realistic toy weapons.
Tilem said Ahmed missed a hearing due to not being informed by the manager and the city imposed the $30,000 fine, which he described as "a really, really abusive penalty."
This isn't an "Airsoft" type gun that looks realistic. It looks like one of those little "cap guns" most everyone had as a kid, back when this country still had some common sense. And has a big orange cap.
The foolishness of NYC officials is nearly a match for San Francisco. They do provide entertainment for the rest of the country, though I do pity the poor people that live there.
This isn't an "Airsoft" type gun that looks realistic. It looks like one of those little "cap guns" most everyone had as a kid, back when this country still had some common sense. And has a big orange cap.
The foolishness of NYC officials is nearly a match for San Francisco. They do provide entertainment for the rest of the country, though I do pity the poor people that live there.
Mayor Bloomberg's utopia where common sense has been outlawed. Next up, kids who point their fingers like guns will be required to paint the end orange or have their hand cut off.
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How much are those saltfines bringing in these days from the resturants?
I read this as big Apple Store fined $30k for stocking toy guns. Surprised Apple has branched out into toy guns. I'd imagine their guns would be rather sleek and easy to use.
This isn't an "Airsoft" type gun that looks realistic. It looks like one of those little "cap guns" most everyone had as a kid, back when this country still had some common sense. And has a big orange cap.
The foolishness of NYC officials is nearly a match for San Francisco. They do provide entertainment for the rest of the country, though I do pity the poor people that live there.
Yea, isn't it awful ... what that GOP administration in NYC is doing!
I read this as big Apple Store fined $30k for stocking toy guns. Surprised Apple has branched out into toy guns. I'd imagine their guns would be rather sleek and easy to use.
Little boys will make a gun out of anything. Are they going to start arresting little boys who point their fingers or a fork and say bang, you're dead? They will probably arrest the parents or the person who they heard it from.
I read this as big Apple Store fined $30k for stocking toy guns. Surprised Apple has branched out into toy guns. I'd imagine their guns would be rather sleek and easy to use.
Unfortunately, if Apple were to build guns using their usual suppliers they'd have a terrible time replacing workers fast enough. You can't blow your brains out with an iPad.
This is ridiculous. New York city officials are stupid.
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