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but others will be indulged by parents or grandparents with either a realistic toy bought out of state, something carved by grandpa and painted to look real, or maybe an unloaded or defective real gun.

I was the first kid on the block to play ARMY with a real gun. My uncle gave me a WWII Japanese rifle with the firing pin removed. I thought it was real neat to have such a realistic toy to play with and I don't remember any of the neighborhood parents or kid complaining about it.

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