Have you heard of the toothpick crossbow? Recently, many media across the country reported that a small toy among children in primary and secondary schools with a catchphrase, which looks like a weapon crossbow and is the size of a palm, but has the same function as a real crossbow, and can shoot 'sharp arrows'. The seemingly small toothpick crossbow has a great potential safety hazard, which is extremely lethal and easy to cause accidental injury.
Moreover, this kind of "arrow" is not hard to find. It's the toothpick commonly used in the family. So this kind of toy is also called 'toothpick crossbow'. This has attracted the attention of many parents. During a visit in Chengdu, the reporter found that this type of 'toothpick crossbow' was found in many small shops outside primary schools in Chenghua District.
Toothpick crossbow is mainly divided into plastic material and metal material. The price is 4 yuan and 10 yuan respectively. The seller introduced to the reporter, "we still need to pay attention to safety and may be injured within 4 meters.". The reporter observed near the shop and found that there are many primary school students shopping in the shop, not just students watching all kinds of toys. "It's very good. I only have two plastic ones here, and only one steel one." the boss carefully took out a steel 'toothpick crossbow' with a packing box from the inner room. (this article is exclusively compiled by WYH, editor of sihai.com. If you need to reprint it, please indicate the source and source.)
Reporters will buy toothpick crossbow for power measurement. The steel toothpick crossbow is used to shoot at a distance of 4 meters from the plush teddy bear. The toothpick can be easily inserted into the toy box. The reporter tested apple and orange again. At close range, the toothpick ejected can be 1.5cm deep in the apple and 1cm deep in the orange, which is powerful. After that, the reporter successively used balloons, paper cups, cardboard and so on for experiments. The results showed that within 3 meters, toothpicks from crossbows could easily burst balloons and break through paper cups. It may be that in consideration of certain 'lethality', during the reporter's visit, some businessmen reminded the reporter when selling, 'don't treat people and animals when playing, and people may be injured within 4 meters'. The reporter noticed that on the outer package of one of the toothpick crossbows, it was clearly written that '(toothpick) bow is powerful, which can break through cartons, can be easily pulled, and can fight cockroaches. But paradoxically, there is also a sentence "no lethality" attached at the end of the statement. (this article is exclusively compiled by WYH, editor of sihai.com. If you need to reprint it, please indicate the source and source.)
The reporter interviewed the parents waiting for school. 'you shouldn't sell anything like this. What if you hurt your baby? Especially your eyes. 'Ms. Zhang said,' these are weapons. In ancient times, they were weapons for war. Now they are all played by dolls. How can I get them? It's like taking a model gun to school. 'Mr. Wang worries. On the Internet, many netizens also call for banning the sale of such 'lethal' weapons, but how to regulate such toys seems to be a topic.