To remove the toy guns

[AlmostAlwyn]

I've ordered a second hand playmobil set for DS (3.5). There's lots of people and horses and a prison/jail cell type thing. I imagine it's some kind of wild west themed set as there also quite a few rifles. I told DH that I was going to take the guns away and he thinks I'm being ridiculous, I can't pretend guns don't exist, etc.

DS is on a bit of a police/robbers track at the moment so AIBU to avoid the 'guns and what they do' chat for a bit longer?

It definitely does make a difference.

It’s funny how nobody’s (male, obviously. Having a vagina makes you exempt from gun fetishing) child ever fashions a knife out of toast and plays stabbing the cat to death - or at least not in the same ‘haha boys! Boys and their instinct to kill!’ jovial kind of way.

What a cross post Tunnocks.

Mine did toast and sticks. They also had a sword fight with rulers. Neither have grown up to be violent thugs with guns or knives.

Are you one of those twats who 'won't let my son play with guns'?

God. Give. Me. Strength.

he won’t, if you explain that the sole purpose of guns is to hurt.

The sole purpose of my guns isn't to hurt anybody.

It’s funny how nobody’s (male, obviously. Having a vagina makes you exempt from gun fetishing) child ever fashions a knife out of toast and plays stabbing the cat to death

I would say that lots play at knights with pretend swords.

My brothers played with you guns, one served 25 years as a Marine and the other 15 years in the Army. Both are respectful adults and would help anyone in need.

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@SoupDragon

It’s funny how nobody’s (male, obviously. Having a vagina makes you exempt from gun fetishing) child ever fashions a knife out of toast and plays stabbing the cat to death

I would say that lots play at knights with pretend swords.

They don’t play pretend killing if you take the time to explain to them why they shouldn’t.

Its funny how they don’t make nooses and do pretend hanging isn’t it? Its almost as if its possible to raise them knowing violence isn’t a game.

You'll have hoovered them up or lost them all by the end of the week anyway. The only harm playabil guns pose is a choking hazard.

Do you also ban other weapons like swords and knives.

Also, I’m not sure how often they play knights in 2020 - it’s mainly wizards and Pokémon.

I'm sorry OP but this made me chuckle. You can't be serious, surely?

@Pumperthepumpermy sons have also never ‘shot the cat’ either. They have however made swords out of sticks and had sword fights in the summer. Made bow and arrows from string and wood and tried to fire them into the trees. As has my niece.

So I’m not sure what your point is.

They enjoy a wide range of imaginative play, from doctors, to police, to playing daddies, to playing dinosaurs and superhero’s. Sometimes they use toy guns, swords as part of that, but they also are very aware they are playing with toys, and that they cannot actually get a knife or a gun. In the same way they know that when they are dressed as Spider-Man they can’t really jump off buildings, or when they are playing doctors, they can’t really go and grab medicine or needles.

I wonder why they sell toy swords then. Odd.

How do you explain that my children have not grown up into violent, weapon wielding thugs? Could it possibly be because paying with toy weapons isn't what causes that?

@Pumperthepumpermy sons have also never ‘shot the cat’ either.

Why not?

@Pumperthepumper no clue. But next time they chew their food into the shape of a weapon, I’ll ask them why they have decided not to shoot the cat with it, and get back to you.

Because the cat wasn't playing with them?

@SoupDragon

I wonder why they sell toy swords then. Odd.

How do you explain that my children have not grown up into violent, weapon wielding thugs? Could it possibly be because paying with toy weapons isn't what causes that?

They sell loads of stuff that’s not suitable for kids - they sell overly sexualised dolls to little girls. Not buying them doesn’t make your little girl pole dance with her toast in the morning.

Lucky you they’re not weapon wielding thugs! How’s their general outlook on violence?

[quote Tunnocks34]@Pumperthepumper no clue. But next time they chew their food into the shape of a weapon, I’ll ask them why they have decided not to shoot the cat with it, and get back to you.[/quote]
Not shoot the cat - choke it to death or stab it through its guts.

It’s less cute if it’s hands-on violence isn’t it?

Lucky you they’re not weapon wielding thugs! How’s their general outlook on violence?

It wasn't down to luck.

@SoupDragon

Lucky you they’re not weapon wielding thugs! How’s their general outlook on violence?

It wasn't down to luck.

Sure.

When I was a young teen mum back in the 80s I bought my son gender neutral toys, building blocks, cars, play kitchen, dolls. Guns!! Oh god no! I'd have clutched my pearls in shock!

Once when he was about 4 years old I met a friend with a young daughter. The daughter showed my son her barbie, my son played with it with glee. Bent her the waist and made it into a gun, going "Bang bang". The most violent programme he had seen by then was Thomas the Tank Engine! God knows where he'd seen it, nursery probably. I was mortified!

However by the time he was 7 he had the largest collected of stick guns that he lovingly had in his bedroom.

As an adult in his 30s he has grown up to be a week rounded stable individual who he loves shooting at airsoft. He is a nurse!

And if posters don't believe me and think I'm making it up, it says a whole lot more about you than you think!!!

Yeah we weren't allowed toy weapons as kids but made them out of Lego or similar, usually inspired by favorite cartoon or comic characters.

Ps. He also made a gun out of toast.

Hahahha! Boys and their innate, unavoidable, love of violence! Adorable.