CVS and Kmart have both been fined for illegally selling guns. At least that's what New York City officials are claiming.

CVS was found to have more than 400 of the guns in stock in city stores; Kmart had nearly 50.

I know what you're thinking. CVS is a pharmacy. Why are they selling guns? Well, they aren't really. New York just says they are.

Guns found at CVS, which included a toy labeled "Official Military Play Equipment," manufactured by Manley Toy Quest, were described as dark green, brown and black camouflage. The city agency found the camouflage green "Fun Zone Delta Force Military Action Set" at Kmart. [...]

Over the past 2 1/2 years, the city has collected more than $600,000 in fines relating to sales of toy guns from such retailers as the Sports Authority, Party City and Walgreens.

"Fake guns are extremely dangerous and have created fatal situations for both the police and the public," Commissioner Gretchen Dykstra said in a statement Friday.

Of course toy guns are inherently non-lethal. So by fatal situations, they really mean instances where cops blow kids away because they can't the difference between a real handgun and "Official Military Play Equipment". Indeed, New York cops have a history of it.

Although there is no standard reporting of crimes involving toy guns, state Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer's office found 12 incidents, between 1998 and 2003, of city police shooting at someone with a toy gun that was mistaken for an actual firearm.

Of course anything can be "mistaken" for an actual firearm. If someone points a toy gun at a cop, they probably deserve what they get.