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Yup. That and between rocks.I had plenty of cap guns when I was a kid but sometimes it was more fun to smash the caps with a hammer on the driveway.
I had plenty of cap guns when I was a kid but [STRIKE]sometimes [/STRIKE]it was ALWAYS more fun to smash the caps with a hammer on the driveway.
I grew up with toy guns and I turned out OK. I think if you are going to give your kids toy guns then you should use them as a tool to teach firearms safety.
forget that. I had toy guns as a kid and I was never taught proper firearm safety. The only important part is knowing that actually shooting someone with a gun has dire consequences. Even then, I learned that on my own (not by actually doing it though!). Have kids gotten so dumb that we need to protect them from themselves? Why cant kids be kids?
I had big wheels and my parents never even taught me about safe driving!
I did a search and couldn't find anything recent on this topic, but I am sure it has been discussed before. I was reading an article not that long ago about children and toy guns. The article was pro 2A but also discouraged toy guns in the home.
What are people's opinions of toy guns in the home. I have a 4year old and a 2 year old and currently there are no toy guns in the home, however I remember growing up with them.
Anyway, it freaked me out and from there on, I've never bought him a toy gun outside of a supersoaker. He's 6 now and in a few years, I do plan on introducing him to the shooting sports starting with BB gun or .22, but until then I want to do everything I can to reinforce the notion that guns are NOT toys. They are tools to be respected. It's bad enough that I've seen enough idiot adults whom I've showed my guns too that do treat them like toys.
That would be me.
Guns are not toys ............. toys should not be guns.
I'm not crazy over the issue, but in my home, where REAL GUNS are present, I don't want toy ones laying around. It just makes me uncomfortable.
i wonder if when i have kids they'll play "survivors vs zombies" instead of "secret agents and canadians" lol
I didn't have toy guys growing up... so when we played cowboys and indians, or "Secret Agent and Canadians" (I was a weird kid...) we used our fingers in lieu of toy guns. So it doesn't matter if they have the objects or not, I'm pretty sure kids will still play.
I loved toy guns when I was a kid. Mostly western style cap guns. And elastic guns. And pea shooters. And water guns... Although we certainly didn't practice any safe firearms behavior, and certainly had bad trigger discipline. I didn't grow up around guns or have any relatives that went to the range so no one taught me it. Still, no one ended up hurt and the bad habits have dissapeared!