All realistic-looking toy guns would be banned in New York City under a bill introduced recently by the City Council, the New York Times reported Dec. 10. "These have been too many incidents of New Yorkers begin seriously injured or killed because toy guns were mistaken for real weapons," said Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields. In August, a 16-year-old Brooklyn youth was shot by police while riding his bicycle and carrying a water pistol that resembles a... (GunPolicy.org)