I will start by saying I'm new on Rokslide. I've been on a few other forums since 06 or 07 but hadn't heard of this one. Anyways amid the new push for stores to ban sales of real guns, ammunition, and even toy guns, there have been a few debates at school. Last week my daughters high school teacher posed a question to the class. How many of you support or oppose the sale of toy guns to kids? 3 kids in the entire class supported the sale of TOY guns to kids. The guns outlined were cap guns, airsoft guns, BB/pellet guns. Of the 3 students that were FOR the sale of TOY guns, my daughter was the only female. So the teacher said i'm curious, I'd like to hear why you are for the sale of TOY guns or any guns for that matter. She stands up and says well, My whole family are shooters. We shoot for fun, sport, we hunt, and just enjoy firearms. When my brother and I were very young my father tought us gun safety, the parts of a gun, and the responsibility of holding a gun. He did so with the same types of toy guns that Walmart, Dicks, and other stores want to stop selling. We learned with a plastic gun what a stock and grip was, what a barrel was, what a chamber was, how to hold it properly, how to aim it, etc. When we learned that, he bought us an airsoft gun that shoots plastic BB's. When we showed we could handle and care for those properly, he bought us both BB guns and took us out to shoot. We had to master all of these things before he would allow us to touch a real gun. I think that is very important training that shouldn't be learned with real guns unless you prove you can safely handle a toy gun. She said the teacher looked around and then said, that is the best argument I have ever heard and I never thought of it that way. Talk about a proud dad moment! These are my 2 pride and joys.
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