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TxFire wrote:I understand your point, but by that logic my son will now thinks all cars and trucks are toys. I grew up with toy guns but I firmly learned that GUNS were not toys. It takes some effort to be a parent and teach childern the difference and right from wrong. Seems though alot of "parents" don't want spend the time. Not directed at ayone here, just society in general. Specifically the little slice of society that I am in contact with via my job. I think toy guns and real guns can co-exist if the parent will teach the child the difference and watch for inappropriate behavior with even a toy gun.

Just my .02 worht.

I agree. I think kids are a lot smarter than people give them credit for. I'm 22 so my childhood was not too long ago. I grew up with all the toy guns, squirt guns, and cap guns a kid could want. Got my first BB gun at 8 and continued buying more till I was in high school. When I was 17 I got my first "real" gun, a .22 rifle. Been slowly working my way up the ladder. I don't remember my dad ever sitting me down and having a talk about the differences between my toys and real guns. It was blatantly obvious to me. This kind of logic that if kids are exposed to guns then they will undoubtedly grow up into mass murderers is fatally flawed. Do all kids that played with Hot Wheels grow up to be race car drivers?