Schumer: Phone case that looks like a gun is ‘a disaster waiting to happen’
Posted Jul 8, 2015 07:46:27 AM.
Last Updated Jul 8, 2015 08:40:30 AM.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – New York Sen. Charles Schumer says a cellphone case that looks like a gun is a “disaster waiting to happen.”
Schumer is urging online retailers to stop selling it.
Amazon told The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/1HNDxwO ) on Tuesday night that the item was no longer listed on its site.
Law enforcers in New York and elsewhere have been expressing concerns about the foreign-manufactured product for weeks.
Schumer says the case lacks a required, highly visible orange marking that identifies it as harmless.
The senator says advertisements indicate it can be displayed in a pocket, as if it’s a real weapon.
He says the case also can be used with a Russian roulette app that transforms the phone’s screen into the image of a gun barrel.
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Information from: The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com
