Out of interest, I just read the article...
“In this heightened terrorism environment, if someone sees what looks to be a real firearm, regardless of the age of the person carrying it, they’re going to have genuine concerns,”
Really? We have to change our laws yet again - because the public has given into terror - into terrorism instead of being level headed about it? This scaremongering is precisely what terrorism is about. Another point to terrorism.
“I think firstly we need education for parents and children and secondly, perhaps, very real-looking replica guns don’t need to be on the market,”
Personally I'd rather first put effort into education to combat the effects that terrorism has obviously already won over on our society - so a child with a toy doesn't alarm society and cause a media frenzy the way that it does now.
“When it comes to the regulation of firearms, community safety and security is the government’s No. 1 priority."
Regulation of firearms? Last time I checked it was a toy - not a firearm.
No wonder our countries broke and heading further into debt. People are dying because they can't get into hospitals in time, and this is where our time, money and resources are wasted into things like this.