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PLEMENTARY QUESTIONS
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Dr. HO: Certain toy guns on sale in Hong Kong can be powerful than what is believed to be the safety standard in USA and four times that in Britain. Will the Government consider reviewing the control standards stipulated in the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance so that children can play with them safely? If not, may I have the reasons?
SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY: Sir, yes, this is a useful chance to correct some misconceptions which have been appearing in the press, I think. As I said in the original answer, controls in Hong Kong cover guns with a muzzle energy of two joules or more. I understand that in the United Kingdom, for instance, the equivalent muzzle energy of pistols is 8.1 joules and for rifles it is 16.2 joules. In the United States the only figure I have is that there were no restrictions whatsoever for air guns.
United States The figures for the which were recently
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quoted in the media relate only to toys intended for "young children". a distinction. Thus, our restrictions appear to be stricter, in fact, than in the United Kingdom or in the United States.
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United Kingdom
Mr. CHUNG Á : From the information that I have, in the and Japan there are safety standards for projectile guns. The standard is 0.5 joules.
Will the Government consider some safety standards for
such projectiles, and also to stipulate that there should be suitable labels on such guns to indicate how powerful these toy guns are?
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