On December 13, the Village of Hempstead, N.Y. hosted the Long Island Toy Gun Exchange Program, modelled after so-called gun “buybacks” that target real firearms. According to a report from local newspaper Newsday, each child received one politically correct toy in exchange “for whatever water pistols, Nerf guns and other toy guns they turn[ed] in.”
Screw that, turn in the toy gun at the real buyback program and get real money for it.
Gun buy back programs are a great way for tax payers to get some of their money back and get rid of scrap or junk items that look like guns.
Way back when, I would have never turned in my cap gun for a pizza.
I’ll tell you, me and my friends would be in big trouble today.
We played with toy guns a lot. And we also, liberals will be aghast, we played World War II, and had teams of “Japs” and “Gerries”
None of us grew up to be serial killers or mass shooters or even wife beaters. None of that happened.
If they really want to have some imoact, go into the inner city, and do their toy guns buyback there. That’s where the majority of gun violence is.
Turn in a forked stick and make some money.
Its abundantly clear that playing with guns as kids, does not turn a person into a gun wielding murderer.
Damaged families, lack of ethics in the home, lack of genuine faith/religion in the home with a consistent moral foundation, the craptacular public indoctrination system that doesnt care about kids at all,
these things are far more to blame for being factors that contribute to violent male and female thuggery in society.
As long as kids have a forefinger and thumb they’ll play shooting games.
I’m doing my bit to evangelize the next generation about guns, with my children and now grandchildren. They learn first about safety and what real guns can do. Then I let them shoot a real gun, a 22 rifle, with me helping to hold (and control) the rifle, but they pull the trigger. They think it’s pretty cool and I’m sure they tell all their friends at kindergarten class about it the next day. For a kid that age, it’s makes a bigger impression than any toy buy back program.
Held over the shoulder, it was a bazooka.
Held against the shoulder, it was a rifle.
Held against your side, it was a submachine gun or a BAR (depending on whether you were SGT Saunders or CPL Kirby).
Braced against the ground, handle end up, it was a mortar.
Balanced on your knees, it was a 50-cal machinegun.
No toy out there gave you the flexibility of a baseball bat when waging war in the back yard ...
Meanwhile muzzy kids will be sticking up on you guns.
All this nonsense got started with the murder of Bobby Kennedy back in 1968. Among all the other nonsense taking place, as the de-violence of comic books, pulp fiction covers, dumbing down adult (but safe for kids) TV shows to kiddie shows, butchering movies of all “violence” for showing on TV, and how the movie industry used “self policing” and a joke of a ratings system, to destroy the Hays Code, thus adding more sex and violence to theater movies.
Toy guns disappeared from stores, and kids were told to turn in their toy guns as the feminization and emasculation of America’s boys began.
One kid turned in a toy gun, got bragged on by the police and press for turning in his toy, then he said...”It wsn’t mine.” One reporter then said the kid would probably grow up to be a politician.
What is it with aholes who have the last name Acosta?
Long Island has hundreds of MS-13 gang members.
This Sean Acosta dirtbag better hope he never runs into some of these psychos in a dark alley.
Without a firearm he would be screwed.
So lemme get this straight. Kids who play with oty guns become potential killers? Does this mean providing kids with sex ed makes them potential porn stars and prostitutes?
The Hampstead area of LI is where MS 13 killed a couple of teenagers in a nasty way. The victims would have wished that they had guns.
Have a toy replica Colt. 45 peacemaker, great for a spinner.
Someday I wanna spin as good as Sammy Davis.
Practice, practice, practice.
I think this is a good idea I am thinking of a private gun buy back. $25 for all functioning firearms turned in with a small premium paid for DAniel Defense Westley-Richards purdey original colt Saa Springfield Socom les Baer pre 64 Winchester’s CZ 75 etc
The pansy that provided the toys really needs to go to the gangbangers with this.
Remember Remco toy products? They had a full line of military combat toys. Like the Monkey helmet, mortars, grenades,M-14, and Laws rocket launchers. Boy those were the good ol days.
My brother and I received starter pistols and 200 rounds of blank cartridges... they were snub nosed beauties and we played Elliot ness and the untouchables off our front porch in baltimore ... what a literal blast.
Why do they care if other people have guns ? It is none of their business.