DG,
In your hypothetical, the thugs have assaulted the police officers. Assault is loosely defined as a volitional act committed with the intent to place another in reasonable apprehension of receiving an immediate harmful or offensive touching. The cops will probably shoot the thugs and they will be justified in doing so by the doctrine of self defense. YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO THREATEN THE LIVES OF POLICE OFFICERS. Or anyone else's life for that matter.
Let's not ban toys. It's not the proper way to handle the problem. If too many people are committing crimes with toy guns, we must place larger penalties on these crimes. Criminals can fashion fake weapons in many ways. If you really wanted to get legislatively crazy, you could tax the toy gun manufacturers and apply the revenues from the tax to the local law enforcement. This would help catch the thugs and put them where they belong.

Edited by - recoiljunky on 02/08/2003 08:46:33