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PositionSTATELINE - Bill requiring toy and replica guns to be brightly colored - Brief article

State lawmakers are looking for ways to help police distinguish toy guns from the real thing in the wake of recent shootings. A new California law says toy guns must now be a bright color. Similar legislation is likely in Ohio where a 12-year-old boy with a BB gun and a 22-year-old man with an air rifle were killed in separate incidents by police who believed they had loaded weapons. Ohio Representative Alicia Reece (D) plans to...

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