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South Africa Police Fatally Shoot Thief with Banned Replica Gun
6 January 2013
Independent (South Africa) / Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
Despite legislation to prevent the production and sale of exact-replica toy guns, lifelike copies flood into the country and invariably find their way into the hands of criminals who pass them off as the real thing.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Westville police shot and killed a man who allegedly raised a replica toy gun and pointed it at them.
The man was one of three who had allegedly broken into a home in Westville and fled with garden tools and a... (GunPolicy.org)
Read More: Independent (South Africa) / Sunday Tribune (South Africa)