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I am going to the gun show and possibly pick up a couple of "toys".
Not to rag, and I'm not..... but guns should never be referred to as "toys". Guns are *tools*, for a specific purpose, and really should be presented that way.
As someone else said, when they are viewed (or treated) as toys they tend to be handled carelessly. As responsible gun owners, we should educate people that they are not toys but tools that serve a purpose....
but guns should never be referred to as "toys". Guns are *tools*, for a specific purpose, and really should be presented that way.
As someone else said, when they are viewed (or treated) as toys they tend to be handled carelessly. As responsible gun owners, we should educate people that they are not toys but tools that serve a purpose....
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Originally Posted by jenn02674
I have a bit of a different take on it. I don't have a problem with guns themselves really, I just don't like it when people treat them like toys or like a certain gun because it could blow somebody's head off. So i would have less of an issue of actually taking your son out to learn how to properly teach your son to shoot than I would with toy guns. If you teach your son to respect guns, respect what they can do, and learn how to take care of them and shoot properly, that is fine in my opinion. If I ever caught my son even play shooting at someone, he gets in big trouble.
Toy guns are not allowed in my house but I would let him go shooting with someone I trusted and respected to teach him to respect guns. I would not want him going to a gun show simply because there are going to be a whole lot of people that do not respect guns and I don't want to expose him to that at that age.
Ever since he was a little boy he always showed interest in weapons. He excels at war and shooting related video games (but not at school). So the week of Valentine's Day there's a gun show coming up and I want to bring him with me. The wife does not like his interest in guns but I don't see anything except a boy being a boy. My 2 year old also prefers to play with her brother's toy guns rather than dolls and other toddler toys.
What's your take?
I don't see a problem with it. Good opportunity to see and learn about guns with a responsible adult. It would be better if more parents taught (or provided) proper education about firearms. So that the kids will be more responsible with them (as responsible as kids can be I guess). To often gun play is picked up from video games, TV, and movies.
You obviously are unfamiliar with his chosen name charactor on Supernatural... It's a gun toting guy who shoots supernatural beings first and asks questions later.
I went to North Pocono high school in the 70's. We had a Rifle club, a shooting team, and a shooting range in the basement of the gymnasium. Nobody ever got shot.
I would imagine they don't have such a set up there anymore in this much more "safe environment" ideal system we've set up.
However, has all this "fear mongering" created a better class of students, individuals?? If statistics mean anything, than I would argue ..NO!
Too bad our "ideals" keep getting more and more restrictive to "keep us all safe", yet our generations seem to be devolving more and more into animals.
Same thing with our Easy bake ovens that used to be real miniture ovens, and our play chemical sets that used to actually have stuff that could blow up..but there used to be fewer accidents?
You used to just tell your kid...no jeffery don't knaw on your toy, it might hurt you. But instead we want the government to make the toy perfectly safe so jeffery can knaw on the paint to his little hearts content?
Maybe regard for safety and reverence for life should be taught more in school and home instead of "no johnny, you can't do this, and this and this anymore!
Don't encourage him by teaching him how to use a gun or take him to a gunsshow...
THE BOY IS 8!!! hello??? somebody home?!?
Anything that can rip/destroy a newspaper or runs on gas is cool when ur 8...
If he was not playing with guns somewhere between 0 and 12 years old I'd warn you he was gay...but obviously he is like EVERY other boy in his age.
Let him play it out, there is only so much you can do with a gun...
I was raised around guns and hunting and target shooting and I raised my boys the same. Now my grandkids are into guns. The oldest got his first .22 at 9. I think it is better to let them explore their interest than to make it taboo. There is nothing wrong with being a gun enthusiast as long as you are responsible.
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... It's a gun toting guy who shoots supernatural beings first and asks questions later.
