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In response to the police shooting of a Los Angeles teenager, pill state lawmakers on Tuesday backed a requirement that BB and pellet guns be made entirely with bright colors so that officers do not mistake them for deadly firearms.
The Senate Public Safety Committee approved the legislation sought by Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in response to the December police shooting of a 13 year old boy carrying a pellet gun in Glassell Park.
The boy was left paralyzed in the shooting, dosage which LAPD officials said occurred when an officer felt threatened because he was unable, viagra order in the dark, to distinguish that the weapon involved was a replica of a Beretta handgun.
“We have seen significant tragedies across the U.S., especially in Los Angeles,’’ LAPD Deputy Chief David Doan told senators during a hearing on the measure at the Capitol.-[source]
Next step: Requiring all real guns to be made only in black, with criminal penalties for having any blue, wood, or ivory exposed.
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