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November 25, 2013
State and local officials announced legislation Friday that would require fake guns such as BB, pellet or airsoft guns to be translucent or brightly colored so they cannot be mistaken for real guns, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported.
“A toy should look like a toy. It should not look like a lethal weapon,” the bill’s co-sponsor state Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, said.
Officials introduced the bill one month after Deputy Erick Gelhaus shot and killed Santa Rosa teen Andy Lopez after reportedly mistaking his BB gun for an assault rifle.
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