Quote Originally Posted by ClockworkOrange View Post
Going slightly off topic, it always amuses me when parents will not let their children play with toy guns! So they end up using pieces of Lego or sticks, with the same result.

Depends on how you define "the same result." Probably in the UK you're talking about whether kids grow up aggressive or pacifist.

In the US, what happens is that kids play with "guns" without learning appropriate firearm handling skills. So when they get their hands on a real gun, they're still handling it as though it were a toy. They don't know your most basic things like being aware of their line of fire or keeping their finger out of the trigger guard or being sure it's unloaded. And they wind up shooting someone else or themselves, unintentionally.

Not that I have children, but no way would I let a child of mine play with a toy gun. I would teach h/h to shoot a real one, though.