[metmom]

A friend’s son turned his sister’s Barbie into a gun. He bent the legs, held it by the torso and started shooting.

Not selling toy guns is not going to stop kids from playing with them.

[Domandred]

When I was growing up we were pretty poor...well in comparison at least. Us kids didn’t get toy guns but we did get lots of scrap lumber which was supposed to be fire wood. With a few nails we made plenty of toy guns...and some gnarly morning stars too (yea we got in trouble for the morning stars)

[BlueLancer]

When I was young, my parents couldn't afford to buy us too many toys and look-alike guns were pretty much out of reach. We did, however, have a full supply of baseball/softball bats ...

held fat-end against the front of the shoulder, a rifle;

held underarm, it was a submachine gun;

placed on top of the shoulder, it was a bazooka;

placed on a mound of dirt on the ground, it was a 50-caliber.

The first multi-purpose weapons system.

[goodnesswins]

I had a friend who was adamant about not buying her son toy guns......he turned the bread in his sandwiches into toy guns, aimed at his sister, of course!

[JoeFromSidney]

Not selling toy guns is not going to stop kids from playing with them.

Yes. I remember an old rusty auto jack that became my tommygun when we played soldier. I must have slaughtered thousands of imaginary Germans and Japs with that thing.