Are toy guns bad?

[mikie8]

not faulty lodgic i was saying anything can be used to do wrong it does not mean the equipment is bad just the user .

i agree with setting an example ,schools in my area have banned games involving guns even pretend ones where fingers are used as a gun barrel and its been like that for ten years or more ,not sure if it an borough policy or an individual skools choice ?

[Vajradhara]

namaste mikie8,

the logic is faulty because you can prohibit ownership of a gun, it's a manufactured product. you cannot prohibit ownership of a penis, it's biological. with this line of reasoning, you could say that eyes were bad or ears or anything else for that matter.

a more apt analogy would be something like an Axe or the like, another manufactured product that has beneficial uses but can be used for ill in the wrong hands.

we seem to be agreeing on the substance though.

[mikie8]

ok its was a flippant remark to outline anything can be perseved as a weapon .
wooden match boxes were banned from football terraces as were newspapers in the past as both can be used as weapons .
Does this suffice ?

[IMSassafras]

When a child grows up, I think it all depends on the person. We all have the ability to make our own decisions - It is called Free Will. We can make good decisions or bad ones. We can learn from our mistakes or we can choice to make more bad decisions. It is totally up to the individual.

When it comes to teaching children, it is up the adults that are around that child to teach them the difference between right and wrong.

I personally do not like guns, but that is because guns are designed to kill. Guns are designed for hunting, defense, and war.

I don't know if a child has to play cops and robbers to understand the purpose of a gun in society. I would like think they don't.

I like the idea of living in a society that has enough responsibility to act responsible.

Here is a Question: What age is too young?

Let the answers begin....

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