If you live in Chicago forget about buying your daughter that Western Cowgirl Playset for Christmas. Faced with a snowballing homicide rate, Chicago has decided to get tough on criminals by banning toy guns. The ordinance, titled “Replica firearms and pellet guns” bans the possession and transfer of “any device, object or facsimile made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material, that a person could reasonably perceive as an actual firearm but that is incapable of being fired or discharged.” Violators of the law can be fined up to $750 and imprisoned for as long as six months for each offense. It's not known how many crimes have been committed with toy guns this year.
