[2Trievers]

Gather 'round boys and girls ... we're going to sing another verse of Kumbaya.

[Cagey]

we're going to sing another verse of Kumbaya

Can I bring my Daisy Red Ryder to the concert? I won't shoot my eye out, I promise.

[RadioAstronomer]

We don’t have any violence in our home,” said Emmett, who cares for four grandchildren in her Manchester home

ROTFLMAO!!!!!! Who does she think she's kidding!

[xm177e2]

“I shouldn’t like them because they can be dangerous,” Jonathan said of guns.

I think he's lying. All normal little boys like guns...

[Flyer]

Beverly Bacon, president of Million Mom March Foundation of NH, said the state chapter has 40 members and a mailing list of about 200

Mighty powerful organization they have, huh?

I wonder if the NRA would be allowed to use the library, too. . .

[NewHampshireDuo]

Gun owners like Judy Emmett just don't seem to realize that MMM and the like aren't for gun safety, they are out to take the guns away, period. These passive/naive gun owners need to get a wake up call.

[FSPress]

In terms of numbers of kids this was a non-event. A hunter's ed class will usually have more kids in it but will receive NO media coverage. The reporter who put this story together was likely compensated by the organizers to cover this story. If the reporter was not compensated then they are extremely biased

[a_federalist]

“'I shouldn’t like them because they can be dangerous,' Jonathan said of guns. "

Better take him to a tool and car buyback program when he's older. Those can be dangerous too.

[Happygal]

“We don’t have any violence in our home,” said Emmett, who cares for four grandchildren in her Manchester home.

Well maybe, just maybe, if there was a little more `violence' in the home in terms of kids getting a spanking, or an ear cuffin', they might just learn some manners to turn them into responsible God fearin' citizens, instead of little thugs, who think they can get away with blue murder.
As for taking toy guns off little boys, what you gonna replace them with Barbie dolls? That's all this world needs, more men in touch with their `feminine' side! Mutha-o-jaysis.

[Standing Wolf]

Leftists are to American civil rights
as the Taliban is to public safety!

[Fearless Flyers]

In a related story Lincoln Elementary School this week announced a decrease in the number of school lunches sold. While there is always a lack of interest in Friday’s usual menu of Alba’s Mystery Casserole, even Wednesday’s popular pizza puff had difficulty selling over the counter. School officials believe a rumor about a black market of toy guns may have something to do with the lack of interest in school lunches. This new passion for toy guns is believed to be fueled by 4th grader, Charles Headalard whose mother Cat led a Toy Gun Buy Back event at the YMCA earlier in the week.

[LadyDoc]

Judy Emmett’s grandsons exchanged their water guns for prizes yesterday at the Toy Gun Buyback at the Manchester City Library. ... The story-and-play morning drew 17 youngsters

Even in Manchester, this is a good sign. Only 17 kids had parents who forced them to give in their toy guns. Knowing kids, they'll either use their fingers as pretend-guns, or trade a toy to a neighboring kid to get a new one....

[BoomerBabe]

"Judy Emmett’s grandsons exchanged their water guns for prizes yesterday at the Toy Gun Buyback at the Manchester City Library."

I don't get it. How is giving up a water gun going to turn someone around from a life of violence to a "singing Kumbaya" kind of life? It's all symbolism. This seems like very shallow thinking to me. Doesn't anyone ever look at how we boomers and people older than us grew up? As has been stated many times, we kids had water pistols, cap pistols, Hopalong Cassidy, Road Runner, etc. It didn't make robbing banks for a living and murdering people seem like an attractive lifestyle. We just had free, unfettered fun, and stayed out of our mother's hair.

[pchuck]

Rearranging the deck furniture on the Titanic.

[VaBthang4]

"'I shouldn’t like them because they can be dangerous,' Jonathan said of guns"

The Library announced later in the day that they would also embark upon a monthlong toothpick, marbles, jumprope, Mr. Potato head, fingernail clipper, bic pen, #2 pencil, jumping jacks, silly puddy, nunchucks, bicycle, skateboard, rollerskate/rollerblade, rubberband, etc etc. buyback program in order to remove items that "can be dangerous" from our children.

[Brett66]

“We don’t have any violence in our home,” said Emmett

Neither do I and I have a mini-arsenal in my home, but you have set yourself up nicely if you ever have a home invasion. You and your grandkids can die with a smile on your face knowing that you didn't have any of those nasty guns in your home and you were completely unable to defend yourself or your family.

[4mycountry]

I think that kids are going to know the difference of between a real gun and a water one. For one thing, real guns aren't plastic, blue & see-through......

[openotherend]

She doesn’t have anything against guns. In fact, Emmett has bagged two deer since she began hunting six years ago.

It's always about sex, isn't it?

[boris]

It is good that they only bought back toy guns. Because anyone who participates in "Buy backs" of real guns with "no questions asked" is in violation of numerous state, local, and federal laws and is guilty of felony trafficking in firearms.

Mayors, police chiefs, et al--should be held to account for this--but never seem to be.

--Boris

[GhostOfAtwater]

“Hopefully their kids will be safer,” Allard said. Five water guns were ultimately exchanged in the buy-back.

I know I feel safer now that the threat of a drive-by squirting has been reduced. The streets of Manchester are safe again!

[R_Kangel]

.....O.K. we'll see just how effective this "weapons buyback" program is. Let's just see how much crime drops in Manchester after all of those deadly weapons are taken off of the street! OH MY GAWD HE'S GOT A SEMI-AUTOMATIC CAP GUN........You'll have to pry this gun from my cold peanut butter and jam stained fingers! .<<>>