NEW YORK- Another day, another story about off-the-rails liberal’s latest anti-gun crusade.

From the late, great state of New York, we bring you today’s outrage.

A New York state-based consumer group, The Empire State Consumer Project has decided to “target” the Nerf Ultra One, according to WROC-TV in Rochester.

The group wrote a letter to Hasbro’s board of directors, asking them to take the “assault-style” toy weapons from their product line. The Nerf line of toys are produced by Hasbro. We are not kidding. “Assault-style” toy weapons.

The director of the group, Carol Chittenden says the toys set a bad example for children.

“It’s a matter of this being a very vulnerable consumer group. Children buy what they see and we’re not sure this is driven by market demand for assault weapon toys by children or the industry creating the demand.”

It was hard typing that sentence with a straight face.

The group says that a commercial for the toy (repeat, toy) pushes families to buy bigger guns with more ammunition. Seriously.

A resident who saw the commercial, Mary Lou Lagana, appears to agree.

“It’s a little family sitting around looking at gifts and then grandma comes through and she has one of these big weapon kind of things.”

Another Lagana feels that nerf guns such as this are too violent for children.

“Actually kinda shocking to see that whole kinda round of bullets like on the gun itself. I would definitely not buy it wouldn’t recommend it. I think there are so many other toys and images that we could be introducing our kids to,” said Lisa Lagana.

Images like “drag queen story hour?” Those kind of images? But I digress.

Another area resident said:

“There’s too much violence in our world, especially gun violence in the United States. So, it’s not a good thing to set a precedent when you’re a kid of a gun like that,” said Debbie Cutter.

How in the world did children in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s survive with pellet rifles and toy guns that shot off caps? How did they survive playing with toy soldiers and GI Joe?

The consumer group’s letter continued.

“Toy guns are one thing, but these emblems of mass destruction take them to the next, horrifying level.”

Emblems of mass destruction?

“How does promoting play with huge automatic (?) weapons create joy creativity and connection around the world, and across generations and make the world a better place for children? How do these weapon products use your business as a force for good? Who would this child be shooting with his cache of assault weapons?”

“If your research shows that children are craving toy assault weapons, you have missed the mark.”

“Marketing assault weapon toys to this most vulnerable group of consumers is an assault on their dignity and their worth as human beings. We implore you to remove assault-style toy weapons from your product offering.”

Of course, not everyone agrees with this group of obviously anti-gun zealots.

In writing for PJ Media, writer Megan Fox let it rip.

“It isn’t just the Second Amendment under assault in blue America; the crazed anti-gun nuts want to take away your Nerf guns too! Leave it to New York to start this idiotic idea,” Fox wrote.

This is all about attacking masculinity, she said.

“The commercial is dumb, but it’s not advocating for violence, since Nerf guns can’t hurt anyone. But the busybodies ad the Empire State Consumer Project want to make sure your kid is only having leftist-approved fun and that means…nothing boys naturally like,” she wrote.

Probably like playing with Barbie dolls.

Fox continued that the group’s letter is part of a larger attempt to have boys comply with the image desired by the political left.

“There is nothing good that can come from the constant assault on boyhood,” she wrote. “This whiny letter to Hasbro demanding they remove the only play weapons of war left on the shelves is yet another example of it.

If the nincompoops who wrote it manage to get their ideas in front of New York lawmakers, it’s almost a certainty they’ll outlaw the toys…My suggestion is to go out immediately and buy as many Nerf guns as you can before they’re gone.”

And please don’t give CT Senators Murphy and Blumenthal any ideas.

Just a few years ago, one might think this demand to ban Nerf guns was simply a scene from Saturday Night Live. But the truth is that the call to ban everything offensive to anyone is in full swing.

Look no further than what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia last week.

She made national headlines when she called for the removal of guns from America. Now the “police chief” in Charlottesville, Virginia has decided to take her political ideology to a new extreme.

While we at Law Enforcement Today are all for standing behind the amazing work our police and first responders do, it’s also our job to call out the ones within departments that are inhibiting police from standing by our Constitution and who also cave to the “woke” culture.

Charlottesville, Virginia Police Chief RaShall Brackney has not only caved to social justice warrior rantings about a triggering police vehicle, this is the same chief that said all citizens shouldn’t be allowed to have guns.

In a press release from the city of Charlottesville website released just yesterday, the Police Chief RaShall Brackney said that a Dodge Charger amid the police’s fleet of vehicles needs to be disposed of.

The reason why?

Because it’s the same model vehicle that struck and killed Heather Heyer back in 2017.

Seriously, that’s not a joke. What’s next, removing cookies from police precinct vending machines because Heyer’s killer, James Alex Fields, liked them?

According to the December 12 press release from the city, the police chief and city manager had seen people online complaining about a police vehicle, a Dodge Charger, that looked like the car that was driven by Fields in 2017 that struck Heyer. The city responded as such:

“City Manager Tarron Richardson and Police Chief RaShall Brackney reached the decision after a review of the purchase records and community feedback. On August 12, 2017, James Alex Fields drove a similarly colored Dodge Challenger in the attack that killed Heather Heyer and injured dozens of others.”

Apparently, the vehicle was seen adorned with graphics that were actually in promotion of the Special Olympics Virginia, and was present at an event to raise money for children and adults with intellectual disabilities in the community.

Yet, still some online, soy-infused, virtue signalers had to point out via social media that the car was the same style car used by Fields in 2017 and felt triggered by it.

Like a floor with bad joists, the police chief caved.

Although, this isn’t too terribly surprising coming from the chief. It begs the question of: did the chief cave, or did the chief not notice the car until social justice warriors pointed it out and then ideological group-think kicked into high gear?

It may be the latter; because like an Antifa karaoke party, the chief sure does like to sing their favorite hits.

Let’s flash back to her big move earlier this year.

That’s when the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a 3 ½ hour “hearing” entitled “Protecting America From Assault Weapons.”

That hearing covered issues that were framed to overlook the false narrative that Americans need protection from inanimate objects, and not from violent people with criminal tendencies. People who will use anything and everything at their disposal to carry out their violent plans.

The hearing also revealed the true agenda of the Democratic leadership, which was to lay out arguments in favor of the repealing of the 2ndAmendment, the illegalization of weapons ownership, and the left’s complete refusal to engage in useful conversation regarding how Congress might attack the issue of gun safety.

Easily the most eye-opening claim of the proceedings came when Dr. RaShall Brackney, Chief of the Charlottesville Police Department in Virginia responded to a question from Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) about whether she would support a ban on hunting rifles.

“I believe any weapon that can be used to hunt individuals should be banned,” Brackney replied.

Umm…what?

Her statement seemed to indicate that she would be open to the banning of all firearms, and more specifically, all weapons.

So, for those keeping score at home, here is a list of items that would also need to be banned, according to the good doctor.

Guns. Knives. Vehicles. Baseball bats. Fire. Rocks. Rope. Screwdrivers. Hammers. Hands. The list goes on and on.

According to the NRA, Dr. Brackney was given two opportunities by pro-gun committee members to walk back or provide more context for that statement. Instead, she dug in and reiterated the statement.

Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) asked her directly, “Okay, so you then stand for the proposition to ban any type of firearm, because any firearm can be used and misused to kill people.”

Rather than answering the question directly, Dr. Brackney began talking about police and the social contract. Rep. Steube tried asking again, only to be interrupted by an anti-gun committee member who tried to raise a point of order.

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She claimed that Rep. Steube was “attacking” the witness – when in fact he was merely trying to get a straight answer – and requested that he “tone down his words.” That exchange took up most of Steube’s remaining time for questioning, which was not reinstated.

Again Rep. Steube tried, to clarify, asking:

“Any type of weapon … that can be used to kill people should be banned?”

And then the response…

“Sir,” Brackney replied, “you’re adding the word ‘type.’ I said ‘any weapons,’ so that’s my answer. Thank you.”

Okay, let’s pause here for a quick question.

Does anyone else have an issue with Dr. Police Chief saying that all means of self-defense should be outlawed, while sitting on the side of the table that would be allowed to keep weapons should the government ever follow her advice?

Unfortunately, Dr. Brackney’s statements may have been one of the only honest claims of the entire hearing by those arguing in favor of the ban.

In an outright misrepresentation (or as we like to call them, lies), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a Harvard Law School graduate, told a breathtaking whopper about the U.S. Supreme Court’s pivotal Second Amendment decision, District of Columbia v. Heller:

He claimed the decision says, “the Second Amendment gives you a right to a handgun for purposes of self-defense and a rifle for purposes of hunting or recreation, but nowhere does it give you a right to weapons of war.”

In a very concise breakdown, the NRA said that the essence of the Heller decision is that Americans have a right to possess the sorts of bearable arms “in common use for lawful purposes,” particularly self-defense, and that handguns qualify because they are overwhelmingly chosen by responsible, law-abiding persons for that purpose.

Notably, the decision does not purport to overturn the 1939 Supreme Court case of U.S. v. Miller, which held that the Second Amendment protection extends to arms that are “part of the ordinary military equipment” or the use of which “could contribute to the common defense.”

It also notes that while Americans of the founding era might have owned firearms primarily for self-defense and hunting, the founders themselves wanted to ensure the Second Amendment provided an effective check against disarming the people, which in turn was necessary to “be able to resist tyranny.”

Nowhere does either decision suggest that rifles are only protected to the extent they are used for hunting or recreation. Indeed, Heller makes clear that self-defense is the “core lawful purpose” with which the Second Amendment is concerned.

Our future might be in serious trouble.

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