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.

A gun isn’t a toy, except when it is. And when it is, sometimes it’s hard to tell that it isn’t. And when you can’t tell that it isn’t, you naturally ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...