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BAGHDAD, IRAQ -- On a recent house-to-house search for illegal weapons in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, soldiers confiscated a number of toy guns.That's right: Whenever soldiers found a plastic pistol or a pint-sized shotgun, the toys were promptly smashed.
Capt. Andrew Slack, a company commander with Task Force 1-6 Infantry, said that toy guns can be a big problem in a violent neighborhood like Sadr City. He showed me a handbill in Arabic that explains how toy weapons can be mistaken for the real thing, especially at night. But he added: “Never in a million years did I think I would be confiscating toy weapons.”
Slack carried a small stash of matchbox cars to replace the lost toys.
"I can give them a toy for a toy, I will," he said. "So I will give them a matchbox car as a replacement, along with a little information and literature. Hopefully it’ll make them understand that it’s only inviting a disaster, potentially. If it’s misconstrued or seen at the wrong time, brandished in a manner that looks threatening, it’s not going to be good for either side."
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/12/gun-control-com.html
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