Giving toy guns as gifts

[juneau]

I'm not sure whether I'm being unreasonable or whether others feel like this.

DS was 7 earlier this month and he had a party which his school friends came to and he was given three toy guns as gifts. Now I know it's up to people what they give and that as the recipient's parent I don't get a say, and I should be grateful that these DC came to his party and brought him a gift (and I am), but I would never give a gun as a gift. I think it's really inappropriate and I'm very uncomfortable with having even toy guns in my house. Seeing my 7-year-old running around with a gun (albeit a plastic one), and shooting at us and laughing is horrible. And of course he loves them and he was given them and if I took them away then I'd be the bad guy

Mocking the execution of a real woman who lived equals shit teacher.

Mocking the spelling of a poster who you know doesn’t have English as a first language equals shit behaviour.

Not sure - my daughter is 4 and has seen the water guns/nerf guns but just isnt interested. Have a friend who comes from a family that own a shooting club (and they hunt) - she started shooting at 4 and her children have always been taught to be responsible around guns etc etc. To each his own.

You'd better put in your complaint to any television company that makes comedic historical programs then. Blackadder, Horrible Histories, Maid Marian, to name but a few.

I didn't mock your spelling in any way, shape or form. I think you're completely misunderstanding what was very obviously a joke. However, you repeatedly calling me a shit teacher who has shit behaviour is offensive. I'm not going to report you, because I'm not a petty child, but I hope whoever did the first time does again.

Your behaviour is ridiculous. It's an open forum and people use it to converse and debate. You've just come here to spout your rather closed-minded opinion and insult anyone you disagree with. Grow up.

Also, as you keep attempting to suggest that I'm mocking your spelling because English isn't your first language, it isn't mine either.

I grew up in London in a place where people are becoming desensitised to violence (like a lot of areas unfortunately) and feel that giving a toy gun to a child is encouraging, especially with so many young boys dying due to gun and knife crime these days. So many people just think they are normal boys toys (DH thinks they are cool and even DD should play with them) but they send a message to your son or daughter that it's OK to kill, to shoot guns in a day and age where it's easier to find them on the streets than before. Fingers and sticks will be used but they don't actually look like guns do they? You can't shoot them like you can a gun.

I feel somewhat differently about water guns (super soakers, not the ones that look like guns still) because I don't generally see kids pretending to kill with them.

A toy gun would go to a charity shop, regardless of the fact it was a gift.

You'd better put in your complaint to any television company that makes comedic historical programs then. Blackadder, Horrible Histories, Maid Marian, to name but a few.

Or I could just explain to my children that historically, violence was used to control people. I could just not allow my children to vote on whether a woman deserved to be executed (still waiting on your reasons why, why none of your class have never voted to save her, a real woman who lived and died in such awful circumstance - a death that you’ve turned into a game) I could just do my best to make sure my children don’t deliberately hurt, injure or intimidate anyone, ever. I’m not sure why that’s such a contentious issue for you ICantCopeAnymore

Ahhhhhh @ICantCopeAnymore I just got the joke! Gaaah, I’m so sorry, obviously too high on my horse yesterday! I apologise, my mistake

I wonder if they will phase out toy guns? Especially in this day and age of gun crime. Same with knives. I mean I remember when there used to be sweets imitating cigarettes.