toy guns have been a thing since before your grandparent’s grandparents were born, slapping ‘fidget’ to them doesn’t suddenly make them new. not to mention these look like they’re made by the same people who made the viral “carrot” knife Korea was freaking out about.
Not entirely new, but US mass shootings happening twice a day are new and the hip new toy craze is teaching kids and adults to be comfortable pulling triggers on cute guns?
To “relieve anxiety”?
Not the same as pushing a hoop down the street with a stick.
I believe everybody should learn about guns: how to handle them, and how to shoot them. I imagine that could go a long way toward addressing some gun issues (like accidental shootings). It wouldn’t be a silver bullet; I’m not that naive, but kids learning gun safety might not be a bad thing.
That said, I don’t care how colorful they make them, whether out of plastic or metal, there is no reason to make guns into toys. That clearly sends the wrong message.
I do enjoy nerf guns, so I’d consider them exceptions. Their designs, that I’ve seen, do not resemble real guns. But I understand not everyone may feel the same way and would want to abolish them too.
Education can be helpful, but I don’t think mandatory childhood education on deadly weapons is necessary or lwouod be significantly helpful with respect to the US shootings problem.
In this case, as you have pointed out, there’s no educational benefit getting people comfortable solely pulling triggers and treating guns as toys.
toy guns have been a thing since before your grandparent’s grandparents were born, slapping ‘fidget’ to them doesn’t suddenly make them new. not to mention these look like they’re made by the same people who made the viral “carrot” knife Korea was freaking out about.
Not entirely new, but US mass shootings happening twice a day are new and the hip new toy craze is teaching kids and adults to be comfortable pulling triggers on cute guns?
To “relieve anxiety”?
Not the same as pushing a hoop down the street with a stick.
I believe everybody should learn about guns: how to handle them, and how to shoot them. I imagine that could go a long way toward addressing some gun issues (like accidental shootings). It wouldn’t be a silver bullet; I’m not that naive, but kids learning gun safety might not be a bad thing.
That said, I don’t care how colorful they make them, whether out of plastic or metal, there is no reason to make guns into toys. That clearly sends the wrong message.
I do enjoy nerf guns, so I’d consider them exceptions. Their designs, that I’ve seen, do not resemble real guns. But I understand not everyone may feel the same way and would want to abolish them too.
Education can be helpful, but I don’t think mandatory childhood education on deadly weapons is necessary or lwouod be significantly helpful with respect to the US shootings problem.
In this case, as you have pointed out, there’s no educational benefit getting people comfortable solely pulling triggers and treating guns as toys.
Don’t ever call a Nerf gun a “gun” in front of Hasbro any dedicated Nerf Nerds.
They are quite insistent that are “blasters,” specifically to disassociate them from firearms.
Yeah my only issue with these things is the absence of an orange tip.