Since the schools have, in their wisdom, declared such things threatening &/or dangerous, can we turn in wooden, or clay, or paper cut-out, or toy guns, or pictures of guns, or written descriptions or names of guns, or the written word - “gun,” at gun buy-back programs, and get a nice gift certificate?
Just make sure you spell it correctly! Some time ago, a bank robber made a spelling mistake, writing "gub" instead of "gun". That got him caught and he spent the next 20 years in the federal pen.