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  • Why Kids Should Never Play With Water Guns. Period.

    05/20/2017 9:19:17 AM PDT · by PROCON · 107 replies
    popsugar.com ^ | May 17, 2017 | LAUREN LEVY
    My mom was pretty relaxed during our childhood and only had a few nonnegotiable, never ever going to change, concrete rules. Her biggest: no water guns. This water gun ban had nothing to do with water shooting toys in general (though with four kids running around it would've made sense that she didn't want the water wars) and everything to do with her firm belief that guns are not toys. We still had all of the same Summer fun, but with water squirters that didn't look like deadly weapons and never trivialized this important topic. We didn't make childhood...
  • Squirt guns banned from Fourth parade

    07/01/2002 10:16:21 AM PDT · by 45Auto · 7 replies · 135+ views
    Cincinnati Enquirer ^ | 1 July 2002 | Cindy Schroeder
    Saying too many people have been injured in the cross-fire, Fort Mitchell has banned using squirt guns and water balloons at its annual Fourth of July parade. “Last year, some people got overzealous and threw frozen water balloons,” said Fort Mitchell City Administrator Bill Goetz. “There was some minor bruising, so we've notified this year's participants that we're not allowing any water apparatus at all.” The water fights started about five years ago when firefighters in the parade pumped water into the air. By the next year, the crowd came armed with its own water weapons and was shooting back....