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December 8, 2006

A smashing good time planned at anti-gun event

PROVIDENCE -- The attorney general's office plans to host a pre-Christmas "Toy Gun Bash" Sunday afternoon at Pleasant View Elementary School.

The regular events aim to discourage gun violence by allowing children to destroy their toy guns in a machine dubbed the "Bash-O-Matic" that "crushes, smushes, smashes, and otherwise bashes toy guns like nobody's business," according to an announcement released today by the attorney general's office.

Attorney General Patrick Lynch will attend the bash -- scheduled Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. -- to talk to community members about reducing incidents of gun violence.

"Society needs to raise awareness of the dangers associated with guns -- whether they're real guns or toys," reads the attorney general's announcement.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 4:12 PM | Permalink

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