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Dominican association’s bodega owner promises to stop selling toy guns - and asks others to do the same

After a video went viral of a grandfather demanding a West Philly bodega stop selling toy guns, a representative of the Dominican Grocery Association of Philadelphia said he'd stop carrying them -- and asked the other 1,500 city grocery stores owned by the Dominican community to do the same.

Miguel Peralta, a representative from the Dominican Grocery Store Association of Philadelphia, pledges to stop selling toy guns at a press conference held by the DA's Office.
Miguel Peralta, a representative from the Dominican Grocery Store Association of Philadelphia, pledges to stop selling toy guns at a press conference held by the DA's Office.Read moreJesenia De Moya Correa / Jesenia De Moya Correa