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Should toy guns be banned?

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by Moriah, Dec 29, 2015.

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  1. Johnny-C

    Johnny-C Well-Known Member

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    I can see your point. And I mentioned "limits". I know those are important.
     
    Johnny-C, Jan 2, 2016
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  2. Teilhard

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    What has changed since my generation "played with toy guns all the time" is that the toy guns have changed …

    Only recently have they been intentionally made to look exactly like REAL guns ...
     
    Teilhard, Jan 2, 2016
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    This is sarcasm right?
     
    Penrod, Jan 2, 2016
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  4. Teilhard

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    No … It's true ...
     
    Teilhard, Jan 2, 2016
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  5. Penrod

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    The truth is just the opposite. Toy guns used to look real and had no orange tips.
     
    Penrod, Jan 2, 2016
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  6. Teilhard

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    The toy guns we enjoyed when I was a kid 50+ years ago looked like TOY guns ...
     
    Teilhard, Jan 2, 2016
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    Well the ones I used 60 years ago looked real

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    Yes they should be banned.
     
    lynnlynn, Jan 2, 2016
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  10. Johnny-C

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    Good point!! I loved my Mattel 6-shooters and my Johnny-7... but it was obvious they were toys.
     
    Johnny-C, Jan 2, 2016
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  11. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The difference between then and now is that you didn't have teenagers with real guns shooting at people, even though real guns were even more available than they are now.
     
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    You guys were buying the wrong toy guns then. Yes if they were in your hand up close you could tell it was a toy but not if I were waving it at you.
     
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    Teilhard, Jan 2, 2016
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    They were all over the place back in the day, and guess what, kids weren't getting shot.

    Again, the primary differences are kids weren't shooting at cops like they do now with real guns, and we weren't walking around with hoods up sticking them in people's faces in the park.
     
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    The toy guns kids played with in MY neighborhood 50+ years ago LOOKED like "toy" guns …

    BUT … *whatever* …

    These days laws require that realistic looking toy guns must have that (easily removable) orange tip …
    That obviously hasn't worked out really well (enough) …

    So if we're not going to "ban" them outright … let's make them ALL bright orange or pink and of material that won't accept spray paint ...
     
    Teilhard, Jan 2, 2016
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    50 years ago you could walk down the middle of the road with your very real shotgun, go into the store with it, buy some dynamite, and wave to the police as you went by them.
     
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    Not in Minnesota, no ...
     
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    The difference is not measurable, it is a straw man argument, and it is beside the point, Cops have mistaken many, many items that look nothing like guns because they no longer take the time to really decide. They shoot first and cover up for their mistakes later. Cops have recently shot people for carrying towels, hair brushes, cement trowels, and even a man watering his front lawn with a hose nozzle.

    The rules of engagement are more strict in war zones than it is for cops shooting Americans in their own country.
     
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  19. Teilhard

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    Nonsense …

    Look, "America" isn't "Mayberry, NC," and it never has been …

    Some people want to go back to the Good Old Days when "the high Sheriff" never went about armed with anything -- not even a nightstick -- and his deputy carried only a six shot .38 revolver (unloaded) and kept his one (1) bullet in his shirt pocket (and was allowed to load up only with the explicit permission of the High Sheriff )...
     
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    I mean, there's toys that offend and then there are toys that get people shot by idiot cops. Can't you see the difference? This isn't about being offensive. Do you have any examples of a cop mistaking silly putty as C4 as he guns down a 12 yr old kid?
     
    cupAsoup, Jan 2, 2016
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    Respectfully, in this case, the kid was the idiot, and most likely his parents as well.
     
    vino909, Jan 2, 2016
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    You'll not find disagreement from me on the idiot part.
     
    cupAsoup, Jan 2, 2016
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  23. Moriah

    Moriah Well-Known Member

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    Not if you were Black.:hmm:

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    The cop who killed him was the idiot. Tamir was just being a 12 year old boy.
     
    Moriah, Jan 14, 2016
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  24. Moriah

    Moriah Well-Known Member

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    How many dumb things did you do as a kid? Did you get shot and killed for any of them? I didn't think so.
     
    Moriah, Jan 14, 2016
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    They shouldn't be banned. Just silliness.

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    My wife wanted to ban toy guns with our boys. Then she saw them making legos and any other object into guns. She realized it was futile. It is just the way boys are. Humans are basically warlike. We like our weapons. This is part of it.

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    LIke an orange tip to the barrel?

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    George Zimmerman was beaten up before he shot.

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    Pellet guns and bb guns are dangerous. IMHO, they should look somewhat realistic.
     
    perdidochas, Jan 14, 2016
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