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

The “enlightened” parents of our culture seem to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to keep kids from playing. From playing in the living room or classroom. From playing in front of the house ...

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 ...

Race, gender and other social factors may explain why some parents allow their children to play with toy guns, while others shudder at the thought, a Johns Hopkins researcher reports in the January ...

Monday, the last day of summer vacation, a group of teenage boys were in a field in Briargate playing with their air soft pellet rifles when a handful of cops surrounded them. One officer drew his ...

Police across the country are dealing with a growing problem - fake guns that look like real weapons. We've heard about these cases before, and police in our community say it is a concern for your ...

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