U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York is urging online retailers to stop selling the case, and police are asking consumers not to buy it. Schumer says it lacks a required orange marking that identifies it as harmless.
He says advertisements indicate the case can be displayed in a pocket, as though it’s a real weapon.
He called the gun-shaped case a “disaster waiting to happen.”
Amazon.com told The New York Times on Tuesday that the item is no longer listed on its site.
The case can also be used with a Russian roulette app that transforms the phone’s screen into the image of a gun barrel.
I would NOT suggest purchasing this cell phone case, which was designed to look like a firearm. #BeSmart #BeSafe pic.twitter.com/swsWzD1sdY
— NYPD 112th Precinct (@NYPD112Pct) June 30, 2015
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