A collection of toy cap guns

Toy weapons are toys that mimic real weapons, but are designed to be fun for children to play with and less dangerous. Image File history File links Capgundisplay. ... Image File history File links Capgundisplay. ... Cap gun This is a display of Nichols Industries cap guns, inclusing some of the rarest models. ... A teddy bear A toy is an object used in play. ... Look up fake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Types of Toy Weapons

Some are essentially similar to the real thing, but less powerful. Weapons for cutting and stabbing have dull blades usually in plastic. Weapons formerly made out of metal and wood are now often made of a lighter material such as plastic. Toy guns either cannot really shoot projectiles or just soft ones such as cork shooting popguns or Nerf darts with limited velocity. It has been suggested that Properties and uses of metals be merged into this article or section. ... Trunks A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is a solid material derived from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A projectile is any object sent through space by the application of a force. ... The Popguns were an indie rock band which played a part in the British jangle pop scene. ... NERF (or Nerf) is a toy weapon created for safe indoor play since its made out of a unique type of foam. ... In physics, velocity is defined as the rate of change of displacement or the rate of displacement. ...

However, cap pistols use caps with extremely small amounts of explosives for the sound effect. Toy hand grenades do not contain explosives except for a cap. BB guns are often called toy guns, but their shots can cause bodily harm. For the alcoholic beverage sold in New Orleans, see hand grenade (drink). ... Steel BBs BB guns are a type of air gun designed to fire spherical projectiles, called BBs, usually from a smoothbore barrel. ...

Many newer toy weapons are brightly colored and oddly shaped to appeal to children and distinguish them from the real thing (see Dangers below). For example, a toy that shoots Nerf balls might have a rounded shape and a neon yellow color. A collection of toy cap guns Toy weapons are toys that mimic real weapons, but are designed to be fun for children to play with and less dangerous. ...

For big weapons, the toy version is usually on a smaller scale. It might be much smaller, such as a toy catapult that is 20 cm tall. Or it might just be sized for children, such as a squirt gun that is half the size of a similar firearm. A scale is either a device used for measurement of weights, or a series of ratios against which different measurements can be compared. ... Replica catapult at Château des Baux, France For the handheld Y-shaped weapon, see slingshot. ... A water pistol A squirt gun (or water pistol) is a type of toy designed to shoot water. ... A Glock 22 hand-held firearm with internal laser sight and mounted flashlight, surrounded by hollowpoint ammunition. ...

A prop weapon (such as a stage gun or a stage sword) has to look real, but like a toy weapon, it should not be dangerous. A woodworking business, the Parris Manufacturing Company was contracted by the United States Government to provide over 2 million accurate copies of the M1903 Springfield rifles for the large World War II US armed forces. After the war they manufactured and sold their replicas to drill teams and to children as toy guns.^[1] Theatrical properties, or props, are items used in stage plays and similar entertainments to further the action. ... The government of the United States, established by the United States Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states, a few territories and some protectorates. ... The Springfield 1903 rifle (military designation United States Rifle, Caliber . ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... US 1979 and 2002 Reissue Cover Also known as paint spatter cover For the military meaning, see Armed forces. ... In the United States, a drill team is a marching unit that performs military style maneuvers in parades, at air shows, football half-time shows, and other ceremonies. ...

Popularity and Proliferation

Children have always had small imitations of things from the adult world and toy weapons are no exception. From a hand carved wooden replica to factory produced pop guns and cap guns, toy weapons came in all sizes, prices and materials from wood to metal. A popgun is a toy gun which uses air pressure to fire a small piece of cork out of the end resulting in a loud pop, hence the name the invention is relatively cheap and can be brought for a couple of pounds with a quick launch of hands the... Cap gun This is a display of Nichols Industries cap guns, inclusing some of the rarest models. ...

With the influence of Hollywood and comic strips, tie-ins could make an ordinary toy gun a major bestseller. In the 1930s Daisy Outdoor Products came out with a Buck Rogers Rocket Pistol (1933), Disintegrator Pistol (1934), and Liquid Helium Pistol (1935) that sold in record numbers. ^[2] ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... A tie-in is an authorized product that is based on an existing or upcoming media property, such as a movie or video/DVD, computer game, video game, television program/television series, board game, web site, role-playing game or literary property. ... A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and booktrade figures and published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains. ... Skysmith 14:04, 4 April 2006 (UTC) Category: ... Buck Rogers is a fictional pulp character who first appeared in 1928 as Anthony Rogers, the hero of two novellas by Philip Francis Nowlan published in the magazine Amazing Stories. ...

In 1940 Daisy went from spacemen to cowboys with their Red Ryder BB Gun that still is in production today. Though the Red Ryder comic strip is not as popular as it was with its spin-offs on radio and the cinema, the Red Ryder BB Gun gained a new life from the film A Christmas Story. In the 1950s motion pictures and television heroes Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy and Davy Crockett added their names to toy six shooters and rifles. Look up spaceman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Cowboy (disambiguation). ... The Red Ryder BB Gun, is a BB gun made by Daisy Outdoor Products and introduced in 1938. ... Red Ryyder was a popular American comic strip cowboy created by Fred Harman, an artist and former partner of Walt Disney. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... The Red Ryder BB Gun, is a BB gun made by Daisy Outdoor Products and introduced in 1938. ... For the Christian Christmas story, see Nativity of Jesus A Christmas Story is a 1983 film based on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and raconteur Jean Shepherd, including material from his books In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickeys Night of... This does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Dale Evans & Roy Rogers at the 61st Academy Awards. ... Gene Autry. ... Hopalong Cassidy #30, April 1949, published by Fawcett Comics. ... Colonel David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; usually referred to as Davy Crockett and by the popular title King of the Wild Frontier. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the... Revolver is also a rock-and-roll album by The Beatles. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Mattel had used television advertising to sell their "burp gun" on The Mickey Mouse Club in the mid 1950s to great effect. In 1959 they came out with their own television show Matty's Funday Funnies with their trademark little boy "Matty" showing cartoons and advertising their products. Mattel toys came out with Dick Tracy weapons in 1960 that were state of the art. Not only could the "Dick Tracy Crimestoppers" have a realistic snubnosed revolver in a shoulder holster, but Mattel also boosted junior law enforcement firepower with a Dick Tracy cap firing tommy gun that fired a burst of 6 caps automatically when the M-1 Thompson style bolt was pulled back. Mattel also came up with a "Dick Tracy Water Jet Gun" that was a miniature replica of a police pump action shotgun that fired caps when you pulled the trigger and squirted water when you pumped the slide. When the Dick Tracy craze faded the same two weapons were reissued in military camouflage as Green Beret "Guerrilla Fighter" weapons. (see United States Army Special Forces in popular culture). Mattel later issued the same tommy gun in it's original colors as a Planet of the Apes tie-in complete with ape mask. Mattel Inc. ... From the earliest days of the medium, television has been used as a vehicle for advertising in some countries. ... The PPSh-41 (Pistolet-Pulemet Shpagina, Russian: Пистолет-пулемёт Шпагина, nicknamed Phe-phe-sha, Shpagin and Burp Gun) submachine gun was one of the most mass produced weapons of World War II. It was designed by Georgi Shpagin, as an inexpensive alternative to the PPD-40, which was expensive and time consuming to... Annette Funicello on The Mickey Mouse Club The Mickey Mouse Club was a very long-running variety television series in the 1950s, produced and televised by the Walt Disney Studios, featuring a regular but ever-changing cast of teenage performers, of which the most popular was Annette Funicello. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Mattys Funday Funnies aired from 1959-1962, and originally featured old Famous Studios cartoons starring Casper the Friendly Ghost and others. ... “(TM)” redirects here. ... Mattel Inc. ... Dick Tracy is a long-run comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American pop culture. ... The state of the art is the highest level of development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field, achieved at a particular time. ... Colt Cobra . ... A holster is a specialized article of clothing worn to hold a handgun about the person, most commonly in a location where it can be easily drawn for immediate use. ... Mattel Inc. ... For the band, see The Police. ... Firepower is a measure of the ability of weapons, specifically weapons which involve fire or explosion, to inflict harm, damage, or kill. ... Dick Tracy is a long-run comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American pop culture. ... The Thompson submachine gun, also known as the Tommy gun, was an American submachine gun (SMG) that became infamous during the Prohibition era. ... It has been suggested that Paul Thompson be merged into this article or section. ... Mattel Inc. ... A pump-action rifle or shotgun is one in which the handgrip can be pumped back and forth in order to eject and chamber a round of ammunition. ... For other uses, see Shotgun (disambiguation). ... Dick Tracy is a long-run comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American pop culture. ... A simple example of common camouflage The Bronze Horseman camouflaged from the German aircraft during the Siege of Leningrad (August 8, 1941). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A United States Army Special Forces trooper will be the first to emphatically tell you that the Green Beret is a hat and not the man who wears it. ... Mattel Inc. ... The Thompson submachine gun, also known as the Tommy gun, was an American submachine gun (SMG) that became infamous during the Prohibition era. ... This article is about the book. ... A tie-in is an authorized product that is based on an existing or upcoming media property, such as a movie or video/DVD, computer game, video game, television program/television series, board game, web site, role-playing game or literary property. ...

In the mid 1960s Multiple Plastics Corporation (MPC) came out with James Bond's attache case from From Russia With Love (film). Topper Toys replied with a copy called "Secret Sam" that featured a toy gun that fired plastic bullets through the attache case and had a working camera that outsold 007's kit. MPC toys replied with a "B.A.R.K" - "Bond Assault and Raider Kit" an attache case that opened up to display a firing mortar (weapon) and a rocket shooting pistol. MPC also provided a "Bond-O-Matic" water pistol. Bond's television competition The Man From UNCLE had their pistol with attachments that turned it into a rifle made by both the Ideal Toy Company in the US and the Lone Star Toys company in the United Kingdom. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... A briefcase A briefcase is a narrow box-shaped bag made of vinyl or leather with a handle on the end and is used mainly for carrying papers and other documents. ... For the video game, see From Russia with Love (video game). ... Deluxe Reading toy manufacturer produced toys under several names including: Deluxe Topper, Deluxe Toy Creations, Reading Deluxe, Topper Corp. ... A briefcase A briefcase is a narrow box-shaped bag made of vinyl or leather with a handle on the end and is used mainly for carrying papers and other documents. ... A briefcase A briefcase is a narrow box-shaped bag made of vinyl or leather with a handle on the end and is used mainly for carrying papers and other documents. ... US soldier loading a M224 60-mm mortar. ... A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. ... A squirt gun (or water pistol) is a type of toy designed to shoot water. ... Rare childrens storybook based upon Left to right: David McCallum, Robert Vaughn, and Leo G. Carroll. ... Ideal Toy Company was founded as Ideal Novelty and Toy Company in New York in 1907 by Morris and Rose Michtom after they had invented the teddy bear in 1903. ... Lone Star was the name used by Die Casting Machine Tools (DCMT) Ltd, a British Company for its toy products. ...

In the 1970s the Star Wars motion pictures provided new rayguns and lightsabers produced by Kenner Toys. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Star Wars is an epic science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by George Lucas during the late 1970s. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Rayguns are types of directed-energy weapon, so far fictional, as far as is known in generally available information sources. ... Jedi activate their lightsabers in the Battle of Geonosis. ... Kenner Products was a toy company founded in 1947 by three brothers, Albert, Phillip, and Joseph L. Steiner, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, and was named after the street where the original corporate offices were located. ...

Perhaps the ultimate toy weapon was the 1964 Topper Toys Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army) where an exciting television commercial showed one little boy using each of the seven weapons of the gun to wipe out a neighborhood full of children armed only with ordinary toy guns. Though an amazing seller, the Captain Kangaroo television program refused to air the advertisement. The proliferation of toy weapons was satirized in the Our Man in Toyland episode of Get Smart. Deluxe Reading toy manufacturer produced toys under several names including: Deluxe Topper, Deluxe Toy Creations, Reading Deluxe, Topper Corp. ... Topper Toy Pamphlet Johnny Seven O.M.A. (One Man Army) was a multi-function toy weapon produced by Deluxe Reading under their Topper Toys toyline during the 1960s. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Captain Kangaroo was a childrens television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS from 1955 until 1984, then moved to the American Program Service (now American Public Television, Boston) to air syndicated reruns of past episodes in 1992. ... Television series redirects here. ... Get Smart was an American comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre. ...

Attempts at Toy Disarmament

There is a controversy as to whether or not toy weapons are appropriate for children to play with. Some people believe they can teach children violence. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Jean Shepherd's alleged encounter with a righteous elderly woman wearing a "DISARM THE TOY INDUSTRY" button led to his writing his nostalgic story about his Red Ryder BB Gun Duel in the Snow, or Red Ryder Nails the Cleveland Street Kid published in Playboy magazine in 1964. The story became part of his 1966 collection In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash that was used as the basis of the film A Christmas Story.^[3] Jean Shepherd posed as Frederick R. Ewing on the back cover of Ballantines I, Libertine (1956). ... Nostalgia currently describes a longing for the past: Often an idealized and unrealistic past The term was originally coined in 1678 by Johannes Hoffer (1669-1752) from Greek (νόστος = nostos = ones homeland, άλγος = algos = pain/longing) roots, to refer to... The Red Ryder BB Gun, is a BB gun made by Daisy Outdoor Products and introduced in 1938. ... Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... For the Christian Christmas story, see Nativity of Jesus A Christmas Story is a 1983 film based on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and raconteur Jean Shepherd, including material from his books In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickeys Night of...

Toy guns were removed from the Sears Roebuck 1968 Christmas catalog after the assassinations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and U.S. Senator, former United States Attorney General, and presidential candidate Robert Francis Kennedy. ^[4] Sears, Roebuck and Company (NYSE: S) was founded in Chicago, Illinois as a catalog merchandiser in 1886 by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck. ... Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... Look up catalogue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... “MLK” redirects here. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Seal of the United States Department of Justice The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see 28 U.S.C. Â§ 503) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... The presidential seal was first used by president Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii The President of the United States (often abbreviated to POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ... Robert Kennedy . Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy, also called RFK (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968) was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, and was appointed by his brother as Attorney General for his administration. ...

English Children's Clown Barney Baloney AKA Tony Turner is a practioner of balloon modelling. He was banned from providing children with shaped toy balloons because a national supermarket chain said the latex may be harmful. Barney stated "I also go into schools to entertain children and recently in Rotherham I was told that I mustn't make guns out of balloons because it could encourage violence but I was told it was okay to make swords".^[5] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A balloon artist in Vienna, Austria Balloon modelling or balloon twisting is the shaping of special modelling balloons into almost any given shape, often a balloon animal. ... A toy balloon is a hollow body abundance cash with gas that is produced mostly out of rubber, plastic or non-polluting nature rubber. ... Exterior of a typical British supermarket (a Tesco Extra) Exterior of typical North American supermarket (a Safeway) This Flagship Randalls store in Houston, Texas is an example of an upscale supermarket. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England, built upon the River Don near the confluence of the Don and the Rother. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Look up Sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Dangers

Toy weapons can cause harm like most objects in the hands of children. Unlike most other toys though, much of the danger of these toys is related to mistaking a toy weapon for a real weapon.

As plastic replaced wood and metal in toy weapon manufacture, so did real weapons such as the M-16 start a trend to use plastic in manufacturing modern assault rifles. Current military rifles such as the Steyr AUG now resemble children's toys. Technological advancement also enabled weapons to be the same size of toy weapons. In previous days Colt Peacemaker pistols, Winchester lever action rifles, tommy guns, and Louis Marx and Company children's versions of the M-1 and M-14 were noticeably scaled down in size and unlikely to be mistaken for the real thing. From the 1960s weapons like the Uzi and Mac-10 submachine guns are the same size as children's toys. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... M16 (more formally United States Rifle, Caliber 5. ... The AK is the worlds most common assault rifle. ... Steyr AUG is a family of firearms, first introduced in 1977 by the Austrian company Steyr Mannlicher. ... Colt Single Action Army handgun (Modern Verson) Also known as the Colt Peacemaker or Single Action Army, the Colt Single Action Army handgun is a single action revolver holding 6 rounds of ammunition, that was designed for the US cavalry by Colts Manufacturing Company and adopted in 1875, and... Winchester is a historic city in southern England, with a population of around 40,000 within a 3 mile radius of its centre. ... A lever-action is a type of firearm which uses a lever located around the trigger guard area (often including the trigger guard itself) to load fresh cartridges into the chamber of the barrel when the lever is cranked. The most famous of such lever-action firearms are the Martini... The Thompson submachine gun, also known as the Tommy gun, was an American submachine gun (SMG) that became infamous during the Prohibition era. ... Louis Marx and Company was an American toy manufacturer from 1919 to 1978. ... The M1 Garand (more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber . ... The M14 rifle (more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber 7. ... The Uzi is a compact, boxy, light-weight submachine gun. ... The Military Armament Corporation Model 10 or MAC-10 is a blowback-operated select-fire submachine gun (more specifically a machine pistol) developed by Gordon B. Ingram in 1964. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Toy weapons that look very much like a real one are forbidden in many countries because they can be mistaken for the real thing. For example, a robber might threaten people with a toy weapon or a child might handle a real weapon confusing it with a toy. Realistic looking toys are often called "replicas". In the United States since 1992, toy guns are required to have an orange plug or be entirely brightly colored to signify them as toys. Robbery is the crime of seizing property through violence or intimidation. ...

People might mistake a toy weapon for a real one and bring attention to the individual. Police officers or other authorities might treat the person as armed until their weapon is identified as a toy and their intentions discovered. As a consequence, toy weapons are sometimes banned from certain public places where such responses could cause a disruption. A police officer is a warranted employee of a police service. ... One definition of public space or a public place is a place where anyone has a right to come without paying an entrance or other fee. ...

See also

• Airsoft
• Nerf
• Tie-in

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... NERF (or Nerf) is a toy weapon created for safe indoor play since its made out of a unique type of foam. ... A tie-in is an authorized product that is based on an existing or upcoming media property, such as a movie or video/DVD, computer game, video game, television program/television series, board game, web site, role-playing game or literary property. ...

External links

• CNN: "A toy gun, a real crime". (January 8, 2003) Matt Bean on the dangers of toy guns being mistaken for real ones in the U.S.
• Toy Rayguns
• Super Soaker Central