Buying replica guns for dd 14

[naturallynotfunny813]

Would you buy or allow your dc a replica gun?

For context this is about dd 14 who is well behaved with no issues and it would be put on a shelf as a collection.

ive linked to the kind im talking about
https://www.relics.org.uk/pistols

No.

No

Absolutely no way. No.

No.

No way.
Not an interest I would be encouraging.

No way.
Not an interest I would be encouraging.

@naturallynotfunny813

Collection of what ?

But no anyway

Why on earth for?

I would try to discourage the interest and see if I could support any other direction. Because in a very few years they can start buying whatever they want, replicas or not.

I wouldn't. However, I bought my daughter a sword for her 18th birthday, so my position is a bit inconsistent. Feels different though.

Ha ha no.

Just why on earth would you do this?

No - under no circumstances

No. They are far too realistic. If seen by the police in a situation then they will be treated as real guns, which could lead to tragedy.

Imagine a scenario - one of DD’s friends is messing around with the gun, a neighbour sees/ hears the horse play reports to the police. Armed police officers turn up. As a minimum there is some very scared teenagers, at the worse someone is shot.

I wouldn’t, but if you do, be very clear with her that if she goes to uni she cannot take it with her. It is not an offence to possess replica firearms, but universities can (and have) evicted students from halls on discovery of replica guns.

How can you not see this is completely unacceptable, regardless of how "well-behaved" she is?

For context this is about dd 14 who is well behaved with no issues and it would be put on a shelf as a collection.

So she already has other replica guns?

🙄yeah why not.

No. Guns aren't toys and shouldn't be treated lightly.

Clearly not.
Absolutely no way would this be happening here.

I would try and steer her towards something else tbh. Even if she is the most sensible child in the world all it takes is one dogey mate to take it and get themselves in real trouble (or get her in real trouble). For a compromise I’d do a replica sword or something like that.

No

If its legal, why not? She's not going to be shooting anybody with it

I never even allowed my son toy guns and he was born in 1977, so it's a resounding no from me.

The collection she would add it too isn't other replicas or anything like that.

I have said no but have looked at them out of sheer curiosity.
A pp mentioned a sword which my sibling had growing up similar age as dd. He thinks she should be allowed.

I posted due to what other parents would say/do