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Just when you think New York couldn’t get any more anti-gun, they go full clown show—this time targeting Walmart for selling toy guns. Not real guns. Not even airsoft guns with metal internals. We’re talking about plastic toys.
According to a press release from Attorney General Letitia James’ office, a “sting” operation led to Walmart getting slapped with $16,000 in penalties and fees. Why? Because third-party sellers on Walmart’s website shipped nine toy guns to addresses in New York. That’s right—nine.
What were the crimes? The toy guns looked too real. As in, they were black or silver instead of neon green or see-through. That violates New York’s ban on selling imitation firearms that aren’t brightly colored or transparent.
James claims these toys “can be used to engage in unlawful activity” and have been linked to tragic incidents. And while there’s no doubt that tragic things happen when toy guns are mistaken for the real thing, you’d think New York might focus on, say, actual violent crime?
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Instead, their top law enforcement agency is spending taxpayer dollars trying to entrap big-box retailers over $20 toys.
Let’s be honest—this isn’t about safety. It’s about control and optics. NYC has a crime problem, a recidivism problem, and a public safety credibility problem. But sure, let’s put the AG’s crack team of data scientists and complex litigation lawyers on… TOY GUNS.
And for what? A $14,000 fine? That’s couch cushion money to Walmart. But the message is loud and clear: in New York, it’s not just the Second Amendment under attack—it’s common sense itself.
This is what happens when a state turns fear into policy. When plastic toys trigger a government sting, we’re well past the point of parody.
Meanwhile, lawful gun owners still face insane hurdles to carry a real firearm for actual protection. But hey—at least the toy gun task force is on the job.
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Hey why not – after all the bats got a conviction against a sailor for having replica (inert) guns so why wouldn’t the ‘authorities’ in noo yawk make a case/example of the world’s largest retailer. Hmm, ‘maybe’ if they concentrated on real criminals instead there wouldn’t be CEOs assassinated on the streets, who knows.
and yet they act like criminals are toys