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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Toy guns are more tightly regulated than real guns.[/quote]

Preposterous claim.[/quote]

No, it’s correct. The CPSC oversees toy safety. There is no federal agency that oversees gun safety.[/quote]

I can hand a 12-year-old a $100 bill, send them into a toy store, and ask them to buy me toy guns. Try that with an actual gun shop.

Your claim is preposterous. The ATF would agree.[/quote]

The claim covers safety regulations around the design and manufacturing.  It has nothing to do with regulations around who can purchase.  Nice try though.[/quote]

The initial post mentioned nothing about safety, just “regulations.” Toy guns are not regulated more than actual guns.

Like other products, if there is a proven safety issue there will be a recall.

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Not necessarily.  Recalls are voluntarily up to the gun manufacturer.  The gun industry is the only manufacturer of a consumer product that is exempt from federal health and safety regulations.  It doesn’t mean safety features don’t exist at all, it means there is no federal agency that can require a recall of defective guns and ammunition or warn consumers of any safety hazards, the way they do for toys.  In that respect, yes, toy guns are more regulated.  (The NSSF estimates that 40 percent of new guns contain defects. Caveat emptor.)[/quote]

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