SAN ANTONIO — It's all about the smell of firing a roll of caps. That's how Charles Trois explains his obsession with cap guns, which led him to amass a whimsical collection of the toys.

In the split-level badlands, toy guns protected cowpokes on the dangerous backyard plains. Ricocheting bullets, exploding grenades, and caps firing were the soundtrack to the suburbs of my youth.

Since 1989, federal law has required toy guns to have bright orange caps at the tips of their barrels. But the caps are easily removed.

Bob Dincau of Willmar displays a vintage Hubley Colt .45 cap gun from his collection of toy pistols Saturday at the two-day Willmar Gun Show in the Civic Center’s Cardinal Arena. It was co ...

The male was not the person who hit the toy gun caps, police said. A few minutes later, a resident of the building rode up on a bicycle with bags of groceries and was allowed to enter the apartments.

Gun rights supporters in Ohio say customers could always paint or tape over a toy gun to make it look more realistic, and indeed, the bright orange cap on the toy pistol that Tamir Rice was ...