Good news. -------- SOUTH TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN9-TV) - Is it just child's play or a gateway drug to something much more dangerous? This new twist on gun buybacks reaches into your child's toy chest. Thursday directors at South Tucson's John A. Valenzuela Youth Center hosted a toy gun buyback. The event, part of the Center's 'Peace & Safety' fair, allowed kids to trade in any toy that remotely resembled a firearm, in exchange for toys and [...]
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), apparently unable to distinguish between real guns and replicas, seized a shipment of 30 toy guns in a February bust at the Port of Tacoma in Washington. Airsoft guns, which fire little plastic balls, are used by a growing number of loyal enthusiasts (think paintball, only not as messy). In addition, thanks to their realistic look, weight, and feel, these guns are often used for training [...]
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Great idea. Getting toy guns out of the hands of kids is a great way to break down the gun culture. ----------- An elementary school will hold a toy gun exchange Saturday, offering students a book and a chance to win a bicycle if they turn in their play weapons. Strobridge Elementary Principal Charles Hill maintains that children who play with toy guns may not take real guns seriously. "Playing with toys guns, saying 'I'm going to [...]
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My BIL gave my 1 year-old a dangerous cheap plastic gun shooting darts, rated for a five year-old. I was the bad guy for storing it on a high shelf in the closet and refusing to let her play with it (I was as tactful as possible and said I was "saving it" for when she was older). The next year, he did the SAME FRIGGING THING and gave her another cheap plastic gun toy shooting little choking hazards. Buy a clue, pal. (Again, I put it [...]
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My DS came back from the neighbors house and told me that he saw a gun. I asked questions to try and get an idea of whether it was a toy or not, he told me it was metal and kind of heavy, etc. I haven't let him go over to their house since then, is that overbearing of me? I'm not positive it was real, but the idea that it might have been scared the shit out of me. I've since learned that the gun probably was real, due to a friggen [...]
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By Petula Dvorak , January 07, 2013 “There will be no guns in this house, ” I once declared, when I was new to parenting, thought I knew what I was doing, and my first child was a wobbly toddler obsessed with trains. I now duck and dodge while writing this, foam Nerf bullets whizzing past my head, as my 6- and 8-year-old boys engage in heavy battle. After years of throwing away toy guns given by grandparents, disarming every Star Wars [...]
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So, do you let your kids have toy guns to glorify violence in play? Yesterday a two year old pointed a toy gun at my face and said BANG BANG BANG YOU'RE DEAD and I found it very disturbing. The parents of this two year old own a handgun which they keep by the nightstand "for protection since 9/11" and an unloaded rifle hangs over the mantle in the basement. Shouldn't responsible gun owners teach their children that it is not okay to [...]
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), apparently unable to distinguish between real guns and replicas, seized a shipment of 30 toy guns in a February bust at the Port of Tacoma in Washington. Airsoft guns, which fire little plastic balls, are used by a growing number of loyal enthusiasts (think paintball, only not as messy). In addition, thanks to their realistic look, weight, and feel, these guns are often used for training [...]
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