"MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Owning or selling brightly colored guns may soon be illegal in Nassau County because the painted weapons could pass as toys, police and county officials said Wednesday.
Officials in neighboring Suffolk County 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 New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's 2006 ban of colored guns in New York City, said Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey.
Along with County Executive Thomas Suozzi and Legislator Joseph Scannell, Mulvey said he intended to support Bloomberg by outlawing the possession of painted guns in Nassau County, even if they were legally purchased and licensed elsewhere.
Shaking his head during a news conference Wednesday, Mulvey picked up a Luger pistol that had been spray-painted lemon yellow.
If the bill passes, "I will not license any deceptively colored guns in the county," he said."
Two N.Y. counties consider ban on painted guns - Los Angeles Times