A toy gun recall is being issued after two asphyxiation (choking) deaths of a 9-year-old boy in Chicago, Illinois and a 10-year-old boy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced.
The recall of this defective children’s toy involves 1.8 million “Auto Fire” dart gun sets being recalled by Family Dollar Stores, Inc., of Charlotte, N.C. The soft, pliable darts pose a serious choking and asphyxiation hazard to children. According to the CPSC announcement:
“The toy dart guns, imported by Henry Gordy International Inc., of Plainfield, N.J., were sold exclusively at Family Dollar stores. Family Dollar is working cooperatively with CPSC to announce this recall because Henry Gordy International has refused to recall the toy dart gun sets.”
Defective Toy Description
- The sets were sold with orange and yellow toy guns (item #P238)
- OR blue and yellow toy guns (item #9328)
- Eight orange darts and a small target
- Item numbers located on toy gun handle
- Toys were sold at Family Dollar stores nationwide Sept. 2005 through Jan. 2009
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