There seems to be a preponderance of will to have kids get accustomed to guns and I do not mean hunting guns. My kids are taught that guns are no joke,every time it comes up, and especially on the occasion when someone gives them a toy one. They come as plane launchers, bubble making machines, and propellants of any kind of goofy little toy and of course as guns.The kids use them for toy launchers about 15 seconds and start play killing each other because they have seen their friends do it. Any toy like that goes in the trash and they get to keep the non gun component.”Sorry I guess grammy forgot we don’t make a joke out of guns”.The next time we are in the store they will want the gun sans bubbles or whatever.I tell the kids that they can have them when they grow up.
It pisses me off that people make and sell this crap to innocents, strategically placed orange pieces or not. I feel bad for kids with fundamentally unenlightened parents who cooperate with this kind of crap. “Here take your plastic gun outside an pretend to blow your brother to pieces…you will more readily accept your training to kill people in the “axis of evil” when you grow up.” Might as well buy them the whole U.S. Marine “grunt” kit and a couple of toy “ragheads” to blow up.Maybe one or two should come with every gas guzzling SUV.
