Retailers To Pay Penalties In Toy Gun Settlement

Schneiderman is set to announce the agreement later Monday in Manhattan.

According to the Press & Sun Bulletin, Schneiderman’s office found 6,400 instances of the toy weapons being sold to New Yorkers over the span of three years. New York state prohibits the sale of black, blue, silver or aluminum toy guns; New York City requires that imitation guns be brightly colored.

The agreement also requires those five retailers to apply New York City’s strict standards to sales throughout New York State.

“Walmart.com has revised its policy so only items which comply with the New York City code are shipped into New York”, Walmart spokesman Randy Hargrove said in an statement.

The retailers all received cease-and-desist letters from New York’s attorney general’s office in December.

Howard Riefs, director of Corporate Public Relations for Sears Holdings, which also owns Kmart, said the company was pleased to be able to resolve this matter in “a mutually satisfactory way”.

James Swartz, director of World Against Toys Causing Harm Inc., holds up a toy machine gun in 2014. In total, more than $300,000 in fines will be paid out by Amazon.com, Kmart, Sears, Walmart and California-based retailer ACTA. As part of the settlements, the retailers provided the Attorney General’s Office with a list of third-party sellers who sold prohibited imitation weapons into New York.

‎”There is a reason why selling life-like toy guns is prohibited in New York”.

The officers said they would have shot Rossen after he pointed an object that looked like a gun directly at them from some distance. (Federal law requires toy guns to have an orange tip).

Realistic toy guns have become an issue again following high-profile police shootings a year ago. “Getting realistic-looking toy guns off the street is an important step in the right direction to keep people safe from gun violence”.

This case is being handled by Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Bruce, assisted by Senior Consumer Frauds Representative Emily Brightman, both of the Rochester Regional Office.