Posted on 05/20/2017 9:19:17 AM PDT by PROCON
My mom was pretty relaxed during our childhood and only had a few nonnegotiable, never ever going to change, concrete rules. Her biggest: no water guns.
This water gun ban had nothing to do with water shooting toys in general (though with four kids running around it would've made sense that she didn't want the water wars) and everything to do with her firm belief that guns are not toys. We still had all of the same Summer fun, but with water squirters that didn't look like deadly weapons and never trivialized this important topic. We didn't make childhood memories with an object inspired by something that kills kids daily.
We didn't have a gun in our home, but I think my mom's passionate stance on water guns is even more important for those who do. A gun is a serious and powerful object that can permanently destroy lives. The sooner people start taking this topic seriously, the safer our children will be.
Error loading media: File could not be played Even if they're colorful and super cool, kids shouldn't be playing with water guns because it normalizes the real thing. Kids need to learn that guns aren't toys. There's nothing fun or playful about this serious topic and it doesn't matter if it's a water pistol or a semi-automatic rifle — a firearm isn't a laughing matter.
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You win the FR today.
...accused of attempting to assassinate liquidate Hillary Clinton.
I just had to fix it.
Do you have a knife? I got my pants on don’t I
Lauren didn’t vote for Reagan either...you have to say GUN to say his name.
My childhood Christmas presents were cap pistols with rolls of caps. Also got cowboy hats and shirts. Roy Rodgers was my favorite TV show. My Aunt got me a Wondor Horse spring rocking horse in 1960 for my 2nd birthday.
The spring rocking horse is still in my garage gathering rust. The only childhood toy I ever kept. The kids in the neighborhood loved it 20 years ago when my daughter was little girl.
Haha, yes! Later in life, my Dad used to carry a tile knife — Dickies work pants with deep pockets.
My Dad was a WWII combat veteran and career Army. When we were stationed in Germany during the Cold War, he kept his helmet, web gear, and 1911 sidearm in the entryway closet shelf. The dependents had to have one packed suitcase for everyone in case of evacuation.
Give them a prize for being victims.
Critical thinking skills are a bit like a muscle. If not used on a regular basis, they atrophy.
Liberals demonstrate atrophied critical thinking all the time.
libtard
noun
/libˈtärd/
1. an individual, whose thinking process has been
rendered impaired by political correctness and the
failure to understand that people are responsible
for their actions and the world does not owe lazy
or stupid people a living.
That libtard voted for someone with no qualifications to be president and now everyone is losing his old health care coverage
I still have a Hop-Along Cassidy watch, it doesn’t work but I’ve got it.
Get that rocking horse renovated — for your grandchildren and great grandchildren!
Roy and Dale are buried at the Sunset Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary at the Northeast end of Apple Valley, CA in the high desert. There is a chapel named after them on the grounds that their donations partially helped to build; completed after their deaths. When I’ve visited, few, if any, people at their modest gravesite, except me. Lots of roads & landmarks named after them in Apple Valley and nearby, but generations are losing memory of who they were — the first truly international celebrities.
Shocking..... when we played it was the Nips and Krauts.
Neon orange and green are good hints that it’s not a REAL gun, but a squirt gun.
and I guess sling shots are out...
no squirt guns...
no bb guns..
no riding in the back of a truck..
no piling 8 people in a station wagon without seat belts..
no drinking from a hose..
no catching minnows in the "crik" below the dump to use for bait...
D.I.s taught us to NEVER call them D.I.s
Army DI's were, "Yes, Drill Sergeant!"
I never bought my son any kind of toy gun. I did, however, at a very early age, teach him to shoot with my guns. We’d go out into the back yard and shoot pistols at a steel “dueling tree.” I was an avid reloader and he would assist me with that, as well.
What is the propellant used in that? Looks like fun
I just bought a huge supply of water guns for my grand kids for the summer. Of course all of them that are past their 5th birthday (the magical age in our family) also shoot real firearms so pretty sure they know the difference.
I think a good alternate title would be...
My Journey Through Darkness; Growing Up With A Mentally Ill Mother.
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