They might look harmless and play cheery songs, but El Segundo, California councilman Don Brann is warning parents and protecting children from them: ICE CREAM TRUCKS. Brann warns, according to the Los Angeles Times, that ice cream trucks

  • Deplete children’s pocket money
  • Distract them as they walk home
  • Make it harder for local sports leagues to raise money by selling snacks
  • Often sell dangerous toys, including fire crackers [sic] or replicas of guns

Brann doesn’t want to issue a permit for “someone to do this in our town.”