The Bermuda Police Service (BPS) has issued an urgent warning concerning the public display of realistic toy guns.
There are significant risks associated with carrying toy guns that resemble real firearms. Read more here.
The FIREARMS ACT 1973 can be found here.
It is not explained how such a realistic gun came into the possession of an individual; how it entered the island, whether it as purchased form a Bermuda store.
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