Retailers Told to Halt Realistic Toy Gun Sales in N.Y.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. were among retailers warned by New York’s attorney general to stop violating the state’s ban on sales of realistic-looking toy guns that might be mistaken for the real thing, a risk made clear last month when police in Ohio killed a boy holding a pellet gun.
Tamir Rice, 12, was fatally shot in November by police in Cleveland while he was holding a pellet gun. That incident, as well as the deaths of two unarmed black men at the hands of officers on New York’s Staten Island and in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked demonstrations and debate about race and law enforcement’s use of force.