“Owning or selling brightly colored guns may soon be illegal in Nassau County under a proposed ban because the painted weapons could pass as toys, police and county officials said yesterday. Suffolk County officials are considering a similar ban. The proposal in Nassau County was spurred by a Wisconsin company’s introduction last week of a line of bright gun paints called the ‘Bloomberg Collection,’ which taunts Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 2006 ban of colored guns in New York City, said Nassau police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey. Along with County Executive Thomas Suozzi and Legis. Joseph Scannell (D-Baldwin), Mulvey said he intends to support Bloomberg by outlawing the possession of painted guns in Nassau County, even if they were legally purchased and licensed elsewhere.” (03/26/08)