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Jan 13, 2016

Proposed Law: ban toy guns

In light of the security situation, and for educational purposes, MK Yoel Hasson (Hamachane Hatzioni) has proposed a law that would outlaw the sale of toy guns and other toy weapons that look the same as real weapons.

Hasson says that a child that played with toy guns will later more easily use a real gun. As well, when kids see adults, and their own parents, carrying guns, they will want to imitate that and also learn the techniques of how the guns are used.

According to Hasson's proposal, there would be a 5000nis fine (per day) for someone selling or marketing such toys. Hasson would allow an exception for the theater and entertainment industry and businesses that sell to those industries, or for other special interest parties.
source: maariv

In the article it doe snot say so, but I would expect that as long as the toy gun is altered in its appearance to clearly be a toy, it should be allowed, though that still goes against the reaosning supplied by hasson. Such an exception is used in the United State so people do not get accidentally shot by pointing a toy gun at someone  - it would be easily identifiable as a toy rather than a real gun. Though Hasson doesn't state such an exclusion.

I am not a big gun guy, but I flinch at taking away guns as toys that have been played with for decades.

Another point - considering that every person in Israel (with exception) has to join the army at the age of 18 and learns to use guns and other weapons, I am not sure his point of it being a problem that kids will try to imitate parents and be quick to use guns at an older age because of it is really an issue. They all learn to use the guns eventually anyway, and then they are also taught responsibility.




 


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  1. SB, Beit ShemeshJanuary 13, 2016 4:17 PM

    "Such an exception is used in the United States" - so the US bans toy guns but anyone who wants can get a _real_ one and create a massacre?! How messed up is that?

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  2. Rafi G.January 13, 2016 4:36 PM

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  3. Rafi G.January 13, 2016 4:37 PM

    there is gun control in most of the United States, but that is just for law abiding citizens. criminals know how to get guns anyway.

    I do remember cases of kids holding up toy guns that looked real that ended up shot dead. I think it was because of that they made the law that toy guns must be altered to be obviously a toy

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  4. MiMedinat HaYamJanuary 14, 2016 5:38 AM

    A red cap on every toy gun. (I also don't understand how this avoids fake toys, but that has never come up in the US.)

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  5. JoshJanuary 14, 2016 11:15 PM

    I am surprised that you did not mention (in your usual quirky humour) that the alterior motive is to prevent more 'hate weddings' of hilltop youth dancing with guns :-)

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    1. Rafi G.January 15, 2016 12:18 AM

      nice

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  6. Garnel IronheartJanuary 14, 2016 11:50 PM

    Ridiculous. Next they'll bad toy garottes, blackjacks, thumb twisters, concrete shoes...

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  7. Meir SJanuary 17, 2016 11:58 AM

    On the other side of the coin, Ariel Sharon lost a son, when he came back home from the army, and his son's friend, thinking the gun Arik lay down was a toy started playing with it, and it went off, killing his son.

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