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Wal-Mart "realistic" toy guns trigger raid

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Wal-Mart "realistic" toy guns trigger raid
Fri Jun 1, 10:32 AM ET
LINK http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070601/od_nm/china_walmart_guns_dc;_ylt=AlIsYfKvf6Ct3sM0ROJ4vmPMWM0F

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese quality watchdogs have seized 46 toy guns from a Wal-Mart store in Shanghai because they looked "too realistic," state media reported on Thursday.

Five types of toy guns, including pistols and a machinegun, seized from the U.S. retailing giant's outlet in Pudong district, violated color standards, the Shanghai Daily said, citing the local bureau of quality and technical supervision.

"All of the guns are black or metallic, which is against a law that states at least half of toy guns should be bright colors such as red or green to differentiate them from real weapons," the paper quoted an unnamed quality official as saying.

"The toy guns sold in Wal-Mart are too real, and such toys can be harmful to children by easily inducing them to violence," the official said.

The bureau would inspect samples of the seized guns again, the paper said, adding that if they were confirmed to have broken regulations, Wal-Mart could face a fine equal to three times their sale value.
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  • thunderbolt
    So a bright orange gun won't incite violence, but a black gun will?
    Sounds discriminatory to me.
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  • fishermanben
    The (un)funny thing is, the guns are most likely made in China.

    Ben
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  • 65gto389
    quote:Originally posted by fishermanben
    The (un)funny thing is, the guns are most likely made in China.

    Ben




    +1

    The proper thing to do would be to go after the problem [the factory] and not the third person as the noodle eaters have.
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  • 65gto389
    quote:Originally posted by thunderbolt
    So a bright orange gun won't incite violence, but a black gun will?
    Sounds discriminatory to me.



    +1


    Or a really smart chinese criminial would paint a 'real' gun those orange colors so no one would think anything of it until it killed someone.
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  • spryor
    quote:Originally posted by 65gto389
    quote:Originally posted by thunderbolt
    So a bright orange gun won't incite violence, but a black gun will?
    Sounds discriminatory to me.



    +1


    Or a really smart chinese criminial would paint a 'real' gun those orange colors so no one would think anything of it until it killed someone.








    I wondered about that also.
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  • whompuss
    I am having a hard time understanding the current logic on play guns. When I grew up, every boy had a Roy Rogers cap pistol, a Red Ryder BB gun and we all played cowboys and indians.
    There were no Columbine massacres, no U of WV slaughters, nobody brought a real gun to school because it wouldn't fire caps and wouldn't be cool.
    We also didn't have video games where the Ninja guy ripped out the heart of his opponent.
    Is it possible that kids play the wrong games these days?
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  • LaidbackDan
    There's Walmart's in China?

    If that paradox dosn't cause a rip in the fabric of the Time/space continuum nothing will.
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  • Mr. Gunz
    quote:Originally posted by thunderbolt
    So a bright orange gun won't incite violence, but a black gun will?
    Sounds discriminatory to me.

    Darn zipper heads
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  • medic07
    quote:So a bright orange gun won't incite violence, but a black gun will?
    Sounds discriminatory to me.

    Where are Jesse and Al at when these poor black guns need defending? [:p]

    quote:There's Walmart's in China?

    If that paradox dosn't cause a rip in the fabric of the Time/space continuum nothing will.

    Yeah...but they import all the merchandise from America in theirs [:D]
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  • chollagardens
    The (un)funny thing is, the guns are most likely made in China.

    The (un)funny thing is, the toy gun color laws here were probably drafted first in China.
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