Mayor of Boston Martin Walsh signed a city ordinance on Tuesday that bans all toy and replica guns from any and all public spaces in the city of Boston. Police in Boston are now allowed to confiscate any toy or replica guns they see, and parents or guardians will be informed if the person they took the toy from is under 18 years old.

Boston is not the first city or town in the country to ban toy guns within the city limits, reports USA Today. Mayor Walsh signed the ordinance on Monday. A statement from the Boston police commissioner praised the mayor’s action with regard to the toy and replica weapons. The commissioner said that even though many children and teens are walking around with these toy and replica guns, many of them look all too real to citizens and to police officers.

According to the National Council of State Legislatures, toy guns are required by federal law to have an orange tip at the end of the barrel. They are also required by federal law to be brightly colored and transparent. There has been movement in the last year or so in which municipalities across the nation have begun to target the toy and replica guns.

In November 2014, a 12-year-old boy was shot at twice when he revealed a toy gun that police believed was real. The boy, Tamir Rice, was shot at by a Cleveland police officer after he had pulled the toy gun from his waistband. The police officer had previously told him to stop and raise his hands in the air. There was no orange tip on the gun and the officer believed the gun to be real.

The Boston Police Department reports that they have confiscated over 150 toy or replica handguns. The police all over the country continue to contend that the new model toy and replica guns look real, especially from a distance and especially at night.

Boston City Councilman Frank Baker commented that, “They call these guns toys, but they are not toys when put in the wrong hands and used to commit crimes.”