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Should children be allowed to play with toy guns?
| View Poll Results: Should children be allowed to play with toy guns | |||
| Yes its fine |     | 23 | 74.19% |
| No its a bad idea |    | 5 | 16.13% |
| Dont care |    | 3 | 9.68% |
| Voters: 31. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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I dont think its a good idea........
They cant tell whats OK and what isnt most of the time and if they start playing with a TOY GUN,they might think a real gun is the same!!
I dont think its a good idea........
They cant tell whats OK and what isnt most of the time and if they start playing with a TOY GUN,they might think a real gun is the same!!
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I don't have a problem with it. We played cowboys & indians when I was little, and I never really shot anyone with a real gun. On the otherhand, children often try to imitate what they see on TV, and TV today has a lot more violence than it did when I was growing up watch Roy Rogers and The Lone Ranger riding their horses after the bad guys.
So for today's youngsters maybe it is a bad idea for them to play with toy guns.
So for today's youngsters maybe it is a bad idea for them to play with toy guns.
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Originally Posted by The Dude 
They cant tell whats OK and what isnt most of the time and if they start playing with a TOY GUN,they might think a real gun is the same!!
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Originally Posted by The Dude
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I dont think its a good idea........
They cant tell whats OK and what isnt most of the time and if they start playing with a TOY GUN,they might think a real gun is the same!!
Should they play with dolls? When they grab the hair of that cute doll and start bumping it against hard surfaces, they might be showing a pre-conditional inclination to "domestic violence".
> They cant tell whats OK
Of course, they don't know what's OK. That's what being a child is all about. And so they don't have any of the pre-conceived ideas that adults are so hanged up with.
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Take the kids to a range. Let 'em shoot.
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Originally Posted by Dave Sinkula
Take the kids to a range. Let 'em shoot.
Never argue with idiots, they'll just bring you down to their level and beat you with their experience.
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Originally Posted by ZZucker
I agree, this great country needs soldiers.
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>> and I never really shot anyone with a real gun
That vague denial of shooting nobody doesn't fill me with confidence.
>> Take the kids to a range. Let 'em shoot.
I probably don't believe this, but it's funny
That vague denial of shooting nobody doesn't fill me with confidence.
>> Take the kids to a range. Let 'em shoot.
I probably don't believe this, but it's funny
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THE BEST COMEBACK LINE for 2007… For those that don’t know him, Major General Peter Cosgrove is an “Australian treasure!”General Cosgrove was interviewed on the radio recently. You’ll love his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children. It is a portion of an ABC interview between a female broadcaster and General Cosgrove who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military headquarters.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
So, General Cosgrove, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?
GENERAL COSGROVE:
We’re going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery and shooting.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Shooting! That’s a bit irresponsible, isn’t it?
GENERAL COSGROVE:
I don’t see why, they’ll be properly supervised on the rifle range.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Don’t you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?
GENERAL COSGROVE:
I don’t see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.
FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
But you’re equipping them to become violent killers.
GENERAL COSGROVE:
Well, Ma’am, you’re equipped to be a prostitute, but you’re not one, are you?
The radio went silent and the interview ended
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Originally Posted by Ancient Dragon
Its better to teach children the RIGHT way to handle guns then let them find out for themselves by shooting someone.
There are a few things that make America different from "rest-of-world". One WAS the way we handled our economy. Another is that our forefathers had the foresight to protect us against our own government by making certain we had the right to own guns. The responsible way to handle that right is to teach citizens from an early age the responsible way to handle the tool.
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