If the teens had real guns, peace would have erupted, instead.

Waiting for Congress to ban airsoft and all fake guns.

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    1 year ago

    Hey, in all fairness, I think Super Soaker water guns should get a free pass.

    Aside from that, yeah it wouldn’t be a bad idea if they banned all those toy guns, especially the ones designed to resemble real guns.

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          1 year ago

          Do you honestly think that kids need a molded plastic or stamped metal toy gun to “play with guns”? Have you never seen kids pick up a “Y” shaped stick off the ground and say “bang bang!” or “zap zap!” pretending its a gun (or laser gun)?

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          I.M.O. an important aspect of play is its self-directed. If they prefer that, absolutely, but I would rather let them choose and try to provide safe ways for them to explore. If they choose gardening that would be wonderful, if they choose to play with nerf guns or airsoft guns we should try and provide safety and caution to insulate them from being injured, but otherwise let them play

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        1 year ago

        Fair enough, good point.

        That’s still not gonna get rid of all the guns already out in the wild though.