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Brickbat: Rumble on the Promenade

Charles Oliver | 5.8.2017 4:00 AM

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Police in Atlantic City confiscated 62 toy guns for being too realistic. Cops say the guns looked just like real guns except for the orange tips on the ends of the barrels.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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