You can have my Fanner 50 when you pry it from my cold clammy hands.
When you talk like that, smile, pardner.
Posted on 11/13/2007 2:21:10 PM PST by Daffynition
City Wide Youth Leadership Agency's William Mackey spends a lot of time talking about toys, but he isn't playing around.
He and other anti-violence advocates believe children playing with fake guns can potentially turn into a game of life or death, and Mackey's group is dedicated to boycotting stores who carry them.
"This is very, very important," Mackey said. "Philadelphia's streets are a bloodbath."
With the holiday season right around the corner -- and people already shopping for presents -- Mackey and his friends want stores that carry toy guns to hear their message.
He and others promise to not only boycott the stores, but also protest in front of them.
Tim Furlong Reports
"The only thing I can say is we don't need the guns, not sold as toys, as water blasters, as BB guns; we don't need any of this stuff," parent Kevin Murphy said.
Mother Maureen Norris, of North Philadelphia, said she thinks the boycott is a great idea because she doesn't buy them and she doesn't want stores to sell them.
"I never bought water guns, play guns, cap guns or nothing," Norris said.
Norris spoke to NBC 10's Tim Furlong as she and her young son headed into a city Toys 'R' Us store -- a good move for parents who want to avoid toy guns that look like the real thing. Toys 'R' Us, along with stores like Target and Wal-Mart, sell Nerf and laser-tag-type guns, but none that look like replica machine guns or Glocks.
Still, despite a September resolution from City Council asking stores to remove the guns from their shelves, some stores like KB Toys in the Franklin Mills Mall sell guns in all colors, shapes and sizes, including a realistic-looking machine gun and handgun purchased by Furlong.
William acknowledged that real guns are the real problem, but said even with the orange tip on fake guns, they are still sending the wrong message to kids in a troubled city.
These young people are brainwashed at such a young age with toy guns," Mackey said. "We must remove them.
"We will start this week boycotting stores in the city and the surrounding counties -- they must remove those toy guns off the shelves immediately," he shouted to supporters.
All that this proves is that this ‘zero tolerance’ and ‘it’s for the children’ is just a bunch of hooey and the adults who promote it are idjits.
You can have my Fanner 50 when you pry it from my cold clammy hands.
When you talk like that, smile, pardner.
Yeah, thanks. Yesterday he got about 8!! You should see him on his dirtbike, he just moved up to a 65 (he races harescrambles and cleaned up on his 50). We did tell him how hard it was when he was crying after his first day trying with no hits. I did well yesterday too, he must get it from me. ;)
Jeez, were you born a cannon-cocker?
Use real firearms - that way the kids know they are not toys, and won't be tempted to play with them.
Nope, but I have that very print, bought at the FA School Book Store Annex at Ft. Sill, OK in August of 1967 when I graduated from USAFAAMOCS! Class RC2-67!
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