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Did you know that there were many safety standards for toys, but not for guns?!!
That's the logical fallacy that is the basis of advocacy of teddygun.com

ASTM International Regulations:

ASTM F 963-11, Section 4.3.7, Stuffing Materials
ASTM F 963-11, Section 4.5, Sound Producing Toys
ASTM F 963-11, Section 4.25, Battery-Operated Toys (except labeling and/or instructional literature requirements)
ASTM F 963-11, Section 4.27, Stuffed and Beanbag-Type Toys
ASTM F 963-11, Section 4.38, Magnets (except labeling and/or instructional literature requirements)

Code of Federal Regulations:

16 CFR Part 1303 – Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint
16 CFR 1500.18(a)(9) – Toy intended for children under 3 must not present a choking, aspiration, or ingestion hazard because of small parts
16 CFR 1500.48 Technical requirements for determining a sharp point in toys and other articles intended for use by children under 8 years of age.
16 CFR 1500.49 - Technical requirements for determining a sharp metal or glass edge in toys and other articles intended for use by children under 8 years of age.
16 CFR 1500.50 - Test methods for simulating use and abuse of toys and other articles intended for use by children.
16 CFR 1500.51(b): Impact, 4.5 ft ± 0.5 in
16 CFR 1500.51(d): Flexure, 120° Arc 30 Cycles 10 lb ± 0.5 lb
16 CFR 1500.53(c): Bite, 100 pounds ±0.5 pound
16 CFR 1500.53(e): Torque, 4 lbf-in ± 0.2 lbf-in
16 CFR 1500.53(f): Tension, 15 lb ± 0.5 lb
16 CFR 1500.53(g): Compression, 30 lb ± 0.5 lb
16 CFR 1500.87 Children's products containing lead: inaccessible component parts.
16 CFR 1500.88 - Exemptions from lead limits under section 101 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act for certain electronic devices.
16 CFR 1500.91 - Determinations regarding lead content for certain materials or products under section 101 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.
Part 1501- No toy or other children's article subject to § 1500.18(a)(9) and to this part 1501 shall be small enough to fit entirely within an approved cylinder
U.S. Codes:

15 U.S. Code § 1278a- Children’s products containing lead; lead paint rule
15 U.S. Code § 2057c - Prohibition on sale of certain products containing specified phthalates
15 U.S. Code § 2063 - Product certification and labeling

*Comparison is based on Federal safety regulations for the manufacture of domestic toys and firearms.
There are essentially no safety regulations on firearms, it's just FFL regulated by ATF (which is not including private sales). So, instead of demonstrating the idiocy of the State overregulating this toy, the Statists are arguing that there need to be even more safety regulations placed on manufacturers, I guess. They never quite make the point directly. They wander into background checks and other common non-manufacturing advocacy. (Did you see the one where a person can simply call in and revoke your RKBA, without due process, because you might be a violent threat?)

Making a rational, consistent argument is just too high a hurdle for these people. They attempt satire/humor and lose any semblance of logic. And if you donate cash to this organization, you should be proud of how they spent your resources.
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The free market + liability exposure seems to work pretty well to ensure safe firearms manufacture.
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The last thing we want is the Consumer Product Safety Commission trying to make guns safe. By the time they got done, you wouldn't be able to put any rounds into it and it would be made of soft rubber so it would not only be unable to be used as a gun, but it couldn't be used to hit anyone either.
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