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 ...

A 46-year-old Rochester man fatally shot by a police officer on Christmas Eve added to the hundreds of Americans previously killed by police while in possession of a fake gun over the past decade. The ...

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 ...

A reader is frustrated by her children’s gravitation toward the toy guns a family brings to play with. By Philip Galanes I bring my children to our neighborhood playground every afternoon. It’s a ...