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In a message dated 08/31/2001 3:21:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:


> Wake up call. The reserach has already been done and that is why laws have
> been passed about what toy guns can look like. Not that it has done much
> good so far! AND, since even the cops can't tell the difference between
> real guns and play guns in some instances, I seriously doubt that a child
> can.
>
>
Keep in mind the number of people (mostly men of color) who have been shot by
police when reaching for a wallet or carrying a candy bar, and been cleared
because they thought it was a gun. Actually, Michael Moore did a great piece
offering black people in NYC bright orange wallets to replace their black and
brown ones, so the police couldn't get confused. They also counselled people
on their candy bar choices. (Brown wrapped Hershey bar--dangerous...better a
Nestle Crunch with the Blue wrapper!)

Kathryn



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