Toy Guns Involvement in Crime and Encounters With the Police

Documents the number of crimes committed by persons using imitation guns, and the number of confrontations by police with persons who had imitation guns which were either thought to be or purported to be real. Discusses a law passed by Congress which stated that there must be definitive markings on toy and imitation guns to minimize the probability that they be mistaken for real guns. Appendixes: final rule on toy firearm markings, news sources reviewed for toy gun incidents, survey repsonses by Census region, and more. Charts and tables.