I agree with you. One of the basic kid-excitement feelings is being chased...in the dark... with repercussions should you be found.
My 2yr old grandson has just learned how to play tag and hide and seek. Even tho I’m a “woman of a certain age”, playing with him is a total blast! And when his 14yr old brother joins in, it’s even more fun. With the older one, we play for KEEPS! Their parents like us to keep it at the level right below blood or hair loss.
In other words, the “community “ needs to let their kids be kids. Sure, the ‘rents need to have a serious talk with the teens about gun safety ( sorry, but I insist all play guns have an orange tip) and appropriate places to play, but I just have to assume the teens have just a tinch of common sense.
Where’s the note to the community telling them that things are about to get weird, they need to observe a bit before they freak out.
“Where’s the note to the community telling them that things are about to get weird, they need to observe a bit before they freak out.”
That was my take on it, exactly.