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@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

Kids have been playing with toy guns for generations, are you denying this?.....

 

No, but I would add .. generations in the PAST. Times and attiudes change. As I said earlier, toy guns were very common when I was a  child (except at my house!).  They were not that common when my kids were little 22-25 years ago.

 

Buying a kid a toy that they can hold up to another kids face and pretend to shoot them dead, is not something most parents encourabe.

 

The police in Australia  don't like imitiation guns because they have been used in armed hold ups and the person held up suffers just as bad afterwards as if it was a real gun, as they can't tell at the time that it wasn't real.

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Toy guns are toy guns..... and yes they are everywhere.  Played with by generations of people.

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They are not everywhere. Everywhere means just about every time I see a child, they would have a toy gun in their hands. Everywhere means at home, at the beach, at the park, at school, at the shops..

Just because past generations had them doesn't mean the same number are produced and sold now. There are none in most toy stores/toy depts, certainly not like there were when I was a child.. cap guns, all types of guns.

My kids had teeny tiny Polly Pocket dolls, they are no longer deemed safe for kids and they make bigger sized ones now.