I couldn't tell you how many toy guns I had as a kid. One I remember was the 'Johnny 7 One Man Army'. It fired all kinds of plastic projectiles. It converted into a sub machine gun/pistol/missle launcher. Had a bipod. Also fired caps (those rolls of red paper that had little spots of gunpowder that would explode) I turned out OK, but with regards to the article, I think 4 might be a bit young for a BB gun. I got one at 10. It was a Daisy that you poured hundreds of BBs into and 'hunted' all afternoon. No pesky songbirds in MY neighborhood! Of course, this was 40 years ago.
I never could get my mom to buy me a cap gun so I would buy just caps and hit them with rocks on the road.
I remember buying guns like that "Johnny 7 One Man Army" for my boys when they were little and now I realize what I have done...I have created two upstanding citizens and one is in the army defending this sorry liberal a$$hole from beheading maniacs just so he can write such nonsense.
YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!