Lego tells US company to stop making guns look like its toys

Shannon Watts, founder of the gun control group Moms Demand Action, drew attention to the product (Niall Carson/PA)

Danish toymaker Lego has said 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-coloured building brick.

“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.