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cy j jc i w t 5 y- j j- i j tv 7sji v i- bykathleen griffin staff reporter etailers selling replica weapons say c m they areresponsible dontsell jo anyone under 18 and remind buy- ers of the dangers whenever they iriakeasale r j jbut they admit what happens once the 7 gun leaves their shop is out of their control r- v yp softair guns for fun for sport v arid for coifecting said oneretailer who dicf nt want to be identified we ask for idwe v records of everyone we sell to look the rules are posted right on the counter and so they are copies of the federal reg- ulatibhs surrounding the sale and use of replica vweapons are taped to the front couhter- but the employee said if a parent buys for a teenager for example and that teenager s takes the gun out in public theres not much he can do to stop that vincent wong of the hot shot store on ferrier street said while he asks all his cus tomers for identification he doesnt keep perfnaneht records and admits if people c staff ph0tosj0erd w1tteveen a shopkeeperposes with a single shot pump action rifle available for sale in his store- thisepiica weapon sells for about 400 use theguns to do bad things that we cant 1 most retailers say they understand police time it comes to first reading federal legis- avoid but titiey should remember the most danger is to the person carrying it thats because todays replicas look so real its difficult for even police officers to distinguish them from the real thing and they cant help but worry thateventually something terrible will happen stf we cant tell if a weapon is real and someone points it at us or we respond to a gun call and find someone armed what are wegoing tbdo hope itsfake and hope for mebestorshbot arid maybe a real tragedy york regional pplicexonsl keith freemantle asked concerns one store owner said he would even con- sidef talking to his japanese manufacturer about putting some kind of identifying mark of the replicas like a coloured stripe or large lettering on the muzzle a- regulation enforced in many states southof the border according to scarboroughwest mpp jim- brown brown is one of ontarios crime control- commissioners and his proposed bill to reg- ulate the sale and purchase of replicas is cur rently being reviewed by provincial staff j- fbrowns bill may well be obsolete by the rifle andjthe automatic ajrguri tire store- also featuresrnteietued by v prospecliyejcstorrrere customers are taught how to load and fife- the gunswhich canshoot plastic pellets up 1 to460feetpersecondfpsthats very jclose tqareal firearm which stiodtsa mlhimum b 56pfpsjfreemantiesaidr wong added people rarely buy the guns- for their own protection s you canget a real gun for cheap about 100thefake dhesare m6restarting at about 200 so why not get a real oneif you want to protect yourself v ajcheck win two local high jsjchqols marldiamdisfxicxhighahd millikeii mills shows thaf while staff are aware of thvsitua tidri replica weapons areriot an issue being dealt with on a dayjlsday basis s v the boards safe schools policy prohibits aurepucvweapbnsf and millikeri pnricipai ken mcalpine said stddents knbwenbugh hot to bring them to school j mcalpine saidhe has run ihtb a few inci dents in other york region schools includ- latiori expected next month would prohibit g bnewhere a student- brought in a replica replicas outright gun l someone in what had n butuntil then as long as you have a few become an ongoirig dispute that student hundred bucks you can buy a replica shot- under the safe schoolspolicy was expelled gun handgun ak47 or m16 in one of ifsaveryseriousissuev-hesaidifastu- markhams four retailers that regularly sell dent is in possession bf something that the weapons we sell about six a week ranging from 250 for a pistol to 2000 for a big rifle wong said people collect the replicas because they cant get real ak47s if they want those typesof weaponsthey can only get replicas appears real you have to treat it as real arid the pellet guns depending on the velocity could take out aneyeor certainlypuncture v we havent seen anything like thathere mdhs principal david freerhah isaid markham is a terrific school we havent had hot shot sells dozens of plastic guns a prbblerriat afl forwwchmthanldll fim airport redundant remains replacing buttonvilleairport could cost 58 million report community yl5ze art gallery sets up at theclock tower theatre satellite facility will be located in itehairi gallery on theilauble i t bymikeadler buttonville airport v open no one staff writer needs to start a new airport at pickering buttonville has ontarios thuxwmsiest we said we can fill the void until airport and it handles moreprivate traffic pickering comes ohside which irieanswe than 7 pearson international a report can postpone a huge capital expenditufe released i this week states pibkeririg derek sifton vicepresident of buttorivillesoperators toronto airways toronto airways said this week ltd paidfor the study to show the airports if 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