LEGO Gun Book Causes Online Tizzy

Ammoland ^ | 23 May, 2012 | NRA-ILA

[OneWingedShark]

“These guns are related to the impulse to create, not the impulse to kill.”
HIDDEN PREMISE ALERT!!!
Notice that the assumption is that those who like guns have “an impulse to kill”.
Actually, the “impulse” is that of DEFENSE OF SELF AND OTHERS. This could be the two-fold root of the left’s general hatred of firearms.

Actually, I think you're jumping a little too much to the conclusion; he's saying “These guns are not 'the impulse to kill'” just as you are saying that this is not related to an impulse to kill.

IOW, he's addressing the same premise as you are. Though he's looking at it from the child's perspective wherein the goal is play/fun (creation via imagination); let's be honest, the LEGO-guns have nothing to do with an impulse to defend self and others either. (I.E. The child "protector" won't use the LEGO-gun to keep someone from being beat up, he'll use a stick, fists, a rock or something that he can use as a REAL [not imaginary] weapon.)

[Oztrich Boy]

But I bet the book doesn’t have the pig gun!!

Nope, just scary looking black plastic guns

[battousai]

Awesome, will have to get this kid's book too, another place to get your Lego gun fix is brickgun.com,, I bought one of their kits and the plans for the MP5, they don't sell the actual kit, have got most of the parts needed for the MP5 but still need a few more to finish it.

[Owl558]

“Our toddler son used to fashion handguns by creative nibbling of toasted white bread.”

My nephew used to bite the corner off his graham crackers to make them into handguns. Funny.

[Bigg Red]

Yes, they will think it’s cool. Have fun, Gramps.