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Wal-Mart Settles Toy-Gun Case in New York
June 6, 2003
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)--Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) has agreed to pay $200,000 in a court settlement and abide by New York laws governing the sale of toy guns, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Friday.
The company had been accused of selling toy guns without some specific safeguards required by New York law. In addition to the federal requirement of an orange end piece on the toy gun barrel, state law requires a non-removable orange stripe along the end of the barrel.
Under the settlement announced Friday, the huge retailer agreed to include the stripe for any toy guns sold in New York. Wal-Mart also agreed to abide by state law that prohibits the sale of toy guns in realistic colors of black, blue, silver or aluminum which could make the toy appear to be a real firearm.
Spitzer said several other retailers statewide have also stopped selling realistic toy guns that violated the law. He said Rite-Aid (RAD) stores, four so-called dollar stores in Westchester County and eight retailers in Manhattan agreed to stop the sales, he said.
The settlement announced Friday was approved in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.
"We're pleased to have been able to work through this issue with the New York attorney general's office and will continue to work with our suppliers to ensure that only toy guns that comply with both federal and state laws are sold in our stores," said Wal-Mart spokeswoman Karen Burke.
Wal-Mart suspended sales of toy guns in its New York stores in April after state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued.
"The enforcement of public safety laws is a priority of the Attorney General's Office and the sale and use of toy guns without proper safety measures puts both our children and our law enforcement officers at the risk of injury and possibly death," said Spitzer spokeswoman Christine Pritchard.
In March 2000, two Brooklyn teenagers carrying toy guns that weren't properly marked were shot and killed by undercover detectives who didn't realize the guns were fake
Good boy.
Now ROLL OVER. ROLL OVER.
Good boy.
Now SIT. SIT.
Good boy.
http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20030606-000584-1245
Wal-Mart Settles Toy-Gun Case in New York
June 6, 2003
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)--Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) has agreed to pay $200,000 in a court settlement and abide by New York laws governing the sale of toy guns, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Friday.
The company had been accused of selling toy guns without some specific safeguards required by New York law. In addition to the federal requirement of an orange end piece on the toy gun barrel, state law requires a non-removable orange stripe along the end of the barrel.
Under the settlement announced Friday, the huge retailer agreed to include the stripe for any toy guns sold in New York. Wal-Mart also agreed to abide by state law that prohibits the sale of toy guns in realistic colors of black, blue, silver or aluminum which could make the toy appear to be a real firearm.
Spitzer said several other retailers statewide have also stopped selling realistic toy guns that violated the law. He said Rite-Aid (RAD) stores, four so-called dollar stores in Westchester County and eight retailers in Manhattan agreed to stop the sales, he said.
The settlement announced Friday was approved in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.
"We're pleased to have been able to work through this issue with the New York attorney general's office and will continue to work with our suppliers to ensure that only toy guns that comply with both federal and state laws are sold in our stores," said Wal-Mart spokeswoman Karen Burke.
Wal-Mart suspended sales of toy guns in its New York stores in April after state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued.
"The enforcement of public safety laws is a priority of the Attorney General's Office and the sale and use of toy guns without proper safety measures puts both our children and our law enforcement officers at the risk of injury and possibly death," said Spitzer spokeswoman Christine Pritchard.
In March 2000, two Brooklyn teenagers carrying toy guns that weren't properly marked were shot and killed by undercover detectives who didn't realize the guns were fake
