Danish toymaker Lego said Wednesday it had asked a Utah-based gun company to stop producing a product that makes a pistol look like it is covered with the famous multi-colored building brick.
丹麦玩具制造商乐高周三表示，已要求犹他州的一家枪支公司停止生产一款看起来像用著名的彩色积木覆盖手枪的产品。
“We have contacted the company and they have agreed to remove the product from their website and not make or sell anything like this in the future,” Lego said in a brief statement.
乐高在一份简短的声明中表示:“我们已经联系了该公司，他们同意从其网站上删除该产品，今后不再生产或销售类似产品。”
The design creates a customized semi-automatic Glock weapon that has a strong resemblance to a Lego toy.
该设计创造了一种定制的半自动格洛克武器，与乐高玩具非常相似。
On its Instagram account, Provo-based Culper Precision said had made the Block 19 “to create an opportunity to talk about the enjoyment of the shooting sports and the joy that can only be found in marksmanship practice and training.”
位于普洛夫的卡普尔精度公司在其照片墙账户上表示，这款名为“19号区”的玩具枪“为人们创造了一个谈论射击运动乐趣的机会，以及只有在射击练习和训练中才能找到的乐趣。”
“We here at Culper Precision are grateful for the attention that Block19 is currently getting across the globe,” they said.
他们说:“我们卡普尔精度公司非常感谢19号区目前在全球受到的关注。”
They also insisted people have the right to customize their property, but also noted that responsible gun owners take measures to secure their firearms.
他们还坚称，人们有权定制自己的财产，但也指出，负责任的枪支所有者会采取措施确保枪支的安全。
The company did not immediately return messages seeking further comment.
该公司没有更多回复相关询问。
The product page for the Block19 had been taken down as of Wednesday.
周三时，这款19区玩具枪的产品页面被撤掉了。
Shannon Watts, founder of the gun-control group Moms Demand Action, drew attention to the product on Twitter last week, and on Wednesday called the it “a recipe for disaster.”
控枪组织“妈妈们要求行动”的创始人香农·沃茨上周在推特上引起了对该产品的关注，并在周三称其为“灾难的温床”。
“We have already seen tragedies happen when unsecured firearms are around children and they don’t look like toys," she said in a statement.
她在一份声明中说:“我们已经看到过儿童身边不安全的枪支引发的悲剧，它们看起来可不像玩具。”
Unintentional shooting deaths by children of themselves or others rose more than 30% between March and December of 2020 as compared to the same time frame the year before, the group's research found.
该组织的研究发现，2020年3月至12月期间，因儿童或他人非故意开枪致死的人数与前一年同期相比增加了30%以上。
That increase comes during a record-breaking surge in U.S. gun sales that began as the coronavirus pandemic took hold last year.
这一增长发生在去年新冠疫情开始时，美国枪支销售出现了创纪录的激增。
Gun rights are politically important in conservative states such as Utah, which joined several other states in loosening gun laws this year by rolling back requirements for people to get permits to carry guns in public.
在犹他州等保守州，持枪权具有重要的政治意义，今年，犹他州加入了其他几个州的行列，放松了对人们在公共场合携带枪支必须获得许可的要求。
Lego was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen.
乐高由奥列·科克·克里斯滕森于1932年创建。
The name is derived from the two Danish words LEg GOdt, which mean “Play Well.”
这个名字来源于两个丹麦词LEg GOdt，意思是“玩得好”。
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