[Celerity]

I’m getting my flame suit on, but I agree with her.

Kids should be learning to shoot REAL guns. I don’t think they should play with toy ones.

It doesn’t teach the proper values. Now that I’ve said that, I’m getting my kids out on the range ASAP. We’ll practice with toy guns, then airsoft, then onto the real thing. But to point and play with each other? Not a chance.

[Mears]

“But to point and play with each other? Not a chance.”

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I was a kid during WWII——all we did was “shoot” and throw “grenades” at each other while playing war-——and we turned out to be a very peaceful generation.

No harm done.

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[so_real]

I won't flame you. But I don't necessarily agree with you. Let the kid have a toy bang bang, and watch mom or dad working a real bang bang. Kids imitate. It's a genuine learning technique. I'd rather a child start with a cap gun and graduate to BB guns and then 22's. But that's what makes America great. We can have that diversity and see what works best. I absolutely played with cap guns with my brothers and sisters -- learning what is a toy and what is not was part of growing up.