A DRAFT of the revised Law on Penalties for Administration of Public Security has recently been published to solicit public opinions for a month. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Saturday:

The latest draft serves as an opportunity for the public security authorities to better manage toy guns, imitation guns, and real ones. Earlier this month a Chinese woman who ran a small recreational shooting gallery in North China's Tianjin municipality was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for the illegal possession of guns.

The sentence came as a shock to many and sparked heated discussion about the vague standards used to classify what is an imitation fireman and what is a real one. According to a document on firearms identification issued by the Ministry of Public Security in 2010, guns able to fire projectiles with a muzzle velocity equal to 1.8 joules per square centimeter or above are considered illegal firearms.