A generation ago, it wouldn’t be unusual to see kids running around their neighborhood wielding toy guns as they played cowboys or cops and robbers. But as school shootings have become frighteningly ...

Two cops rush to the scene. "This sounds like a gun battle — over there!" one calls to his partner. They see the suspects: two little boys, wielding rifles. The police officers do not shoot. Rather, ...

From Barbie dolls to action figures, the range of toys available to kids is expansive. But when a kid picks up a play gun from the toy aisle, parents may pause to question whether or not plastic ...