The Toy Gun debate: Would you let your kids play with them? With mass shootings daily and 33,000 gun deaths annually in the U.S., some parents might even prefer their kids play with matches than toy ...

From Barbie dolls to action figures, the range of toys available to kids is expansive. But when a kid picks up a play gun from the toy aisle, parents may pause to question whether or not plastic ...

Alexandra, the mother two boys ages 6 and 4, has a different outlook. “I think there needs to be policy change when it comes to gun control because obviously the legislation that’s currently in place ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On a warm September evening in Columbus, Ohio, panicked witnesses called police to report that a group of boys had robbed a man at gunpoint and fled into a ...

Parents may want to think twice before buying a toy gun for their children this Christmas as several local retailers offer replicas that fire BBs or soft pellets, but look like real weapons. The Daisy ...

Hempstead on Long Island has reportedly been encouraging local youth to exchange their toy guns for alternate new toys as a way of "saying no to guns." Chris Harris has been a senior true crime ...

"You see now they're thinking about banning toy guns, and they're going to keep the (expletive) real ones!" George Carlin, 1988 That was then, and wasn't Mr. Carlin prescient? He probably didn't ...

Toy guns were never part of my parenting plan. In fact, for a long time, I had a no-guns-at-home policy that was total and unwavering, extending even to the Nerf and water varieties. The ban was ...

Toy guns have been a popular item on Christmas gift wish lists for decades. Little Ralphie Parker from the 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Story spends most of the movie wishing for a "Red Ryder ...

Toy guns must be brightly colored or translucent under NY law that went into effect this week. This builds on existing New York City laws. Since 1994, there have been at least 63 shootings from actual ...