Any Toy Can Be Used as a Gun :(

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It's people like you that will have kids that turn out to think the Columbine shooting was fun...........

Its people like YOU who have their kids live in a little bubble and then get older and do the things behind your back sweetie. Yup my kids have nerf guns play war games outside with the neighborhood kids so I guess they all are gonna get together and shoot up people LOL you are ignorant.

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on oct 5th 1966, at my high school a young boy shot another 14 yr old classmate and a teacher (who died 8 days later) because he was teased and ridiculed endlessly (like most of the school shooters). The shooter in our town did what he did because he was teased and bullied. He came from a good family who had strong morals and values. They believed in god and were good people. I can't explain why their son did what he did or all the hundreds of things that led up to what he ultimately choose to do. All i know is that people are good and people are bad. In my opinion, i don't agree with all the craziness and violence in video gaming and on tv we see today, but my brothers (and i) grew up playing cops and robbers and all sorts of shooting games. We also learned gun safety at a young age. We come from a family of hunters, we had guns in our house, yet not one of my siblings or i have ever thought to use a gun to shoot someone at school. I just don't see the correlation there. I think the columbine shooters had other issues and whether they played violent video games or not probably didn't have much impact on the horrible choices they made. Maybe, maybe not, but what about the hundreds of other little kids who grew up playing shooting games...and still not choosing to shoot up their schools. We can ban guns and violent tv and video games but i think we are only fooling ourselves if we think that is the answer to stopping things like the columbine shootings. Just my opinion.

very well said

[momofsix]

This thread inspired me to look at the research on gun play and children, and the overwhelming majority of the information indicates that not only is it NOT negative, it has positive play value. Gun play and rough & tumble play have nothing to do with violence. This reinforces my "gut instinct" and I will continue to allow it in my house. People should do what they are comfortable with - your house, your rules.

I did this same research a while back while trying to understand the boys in my care and found out the same stuff. It was quite eye-opening for me to read, and gave me a good perspective on the boy's play.
I don't allow "shooting" other people either.
I don't see anything wrong with shooting animals--if I can save a couple hundred dollars on groceries b/c my husband (an ordained pastor) brings home a deer, i don't see anything wrong at all with that!It is being faithful with the resources we've been given. Hunters don't go out to "kill" the animal just for the sport of it, they do it to feed their families.
And a kid playiing hunter, or cops and robbers is NOTHING at all like a child playing "hooker". First of all-they know that cops are the 'good guys" out to protect us from the "bad guys"-the same good vs evil that is in almost every story! Second of all, a child should have NO IDEA what a hooker even is! Any child playing something like that in my home would have a visit from social services right away b/c that would mean horrible things were happening to/around that child. Trust me-I speak from experience on this one

[QualiTcare]

I did this same research a while back while trying to understand the boys in my care and found out the same stuff. It was quite eye-opening for me to read, and gave me a good perspective on the boy's play.
I don't allow "shooting" other people either.
I don't see anything wrong with shooting animals--if I can save a couple hundred dollars on groceries b/c my husband (an ordained pastor) brings home a deer, i don't see anything wrong at all with that!It is being faithful with the resources we've been given. Hunters don't go out to "kill" the animal just for the sport of it, they do it to feed their families.
And a kid playiing hunter, or cops and robbers is NOTHING at all like a child playing "hooker". First of all-they know that cops are the 'good guys" out to protect us from the "bad guys"-the same good vs evil that is in almost every story! Second of all, a child should have NO IDEA what a hooker even is! Any child playing something like that in my home would have a visit from social services right away b/c that would mean horrible things were happening to/around that child. Trust me-I speak from experience on this one

mom,

there actually are tons of people who hunt for sport meaning they don't eat the meat. it's different when a hunter actually uses the meat.

[momofsix]

The columbine kids played violent shooting video games..what do you think they did before that? Played with toys guns I bet!

Shooting animals & hunting is not anymore acceptable to me..lets kill!!

Why does anybody have to kill anything? animals, people even if they are in a game??Ask anyone of those parents who lost a child in that incident and see what their feelings are on playing with guns/videogames, etc....

QualiT,
This is what I was responding to as far as that part goes, doesn't sound like that's what she's saying. I'm sure there are plenty that hunt for sport only, but I don't know any-the ones that I know that don't eat wild meat will at least donate it to the local food pantry! I agree it's totally wrong to shoot an animal for no reason except the hunt.

[Gurdy]

there IS a huge difference, but kids can't understand this. many adults can't tell the difference. skim through this site and scroll to the bottom where there's a pic of some guns.

http://www.irol.com/avc/fact_sheet_about_toy_guns.html

f grown men who have a gun on their hip every day can't distinguish, i don't trust little kids to be able to.....and when tested, it's proven that they can't.

I have never suggested that kids should be permitted to play with guns made to look like real guns, nor that it should be up to kids to distinguish the difference.

I do not think that a child playing with a toy banana or a lego gun has anything to do with any of the gun accidents or school shootings. Whether you allow your child to play with toy guns or not I still think it is important to teach gun safety.

[Live and Learn]

bentley bands....I don't think Lego mom was saying her kids are perfect and I think that it was wrong of you to say that you would like to see her kids in 10 years to see how well they turned out.

[BentleysBands]

bentley bands....I don't think Lego mom was saying her kids are perfect and I think that it was wrong of you to say that you would like to see her kids in 10 years to see how well they turned out.

ok let me rephrase then , she keeps saying her kids are not / never allowed to do certain NORMAL childrens play growing up, she says her kids have morals and know whats right/wrong (as if our own kids dont i guess) and i was saying that i'd love to see her kids in 10yrs and see what they have done . most likely behind her back since they werent allowed before. i would find it funny cuz MOST times , kids who grow up 'not allowed' certain things turn to those things or worse when older....i DO NOT WISH ANYTHING HORRIBLE. please understand that. i wasnt being ugly, didnt mean to be . I"m sorry you took it that way.


back to the thread going: GUNS DON'T KILL , PEOPLE DO