Toying with the Law: A Deadly Fourth of July

In a shocking display of patriotism gone wrong, at least 2,000 people were left maimed or dead after a rash of toy pistol firings on the Fourth of July in Cincinnati, Ohio. The carnage sparked a war cry from the Ohio Board of Health, which declared war on the toy pistols deemed a threat to national safety. The decision marked a turning point in the struggle to tame the savage beast of American patriotism.