Buying replica guns for dd 14

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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

What on earth for?

My DC also had a decorative sword in his room too but as an adult.

But no to a gun, I never even allowed toy guns.

You do know that replica guns can only be owned by adults 18 and over so no you shouldn't illegally buy one for a minor who would be committing a crime by having it

No

Its not legal for anyone under 18 to own one and her dd is 14

Hell no.
Firstly shes a minor, so its illegal
Secondly, those are barely legal anyway.

Why though. For what purpose?

I wouldn’t.

What is it in particular that she is into?

What if it were stolen in a break in? It could be used in real crimes.

The most well behaved people with no issues are still capable of being irrational. That is why so many people end up dead in America.

Am I right in thinking that replica guns can be made to function, in the right hands. Thought I saw it on a TV programme where this had happened.

A replica sword, if such a thing exists, which I doubt unless its made of rubber, can cause more injury than a replica gun.

Why does DD want one? What is she actually interested in? Does she do reenactments?

Yes.
What next, a real one? After all, she's only going to be shooting tin cans with it, isn't she? Or just looking at it?

This is not true at all.

You don't say what country you are in. If UK then realistic replicas are illegal. You need a license for those in the link.

See the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.

Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (legislation.gov.uk)

If DD has an interest in general, and you have a place, you might consider as air pistol. The legislation varies for what UK country, but easy enough to look up.

But really for that, the interest would need to be in sport target shooting. Not as something "nice" to have. I reckon anyway.

Might be wrong but pretty sure you need a licence to own one. Either way I wouldn't let my 14 year old own one even though he's responsible

Given the website you linked was called ‘Relics’ I assume it was an interest in historic warfare and the replicas would be like those used in historical reenactments which some would find acceptable and others not. But proper modern guns - hell no.

Is it for some sort of cosplay thing if the rest of the collection isn’t guns? If so I’d really steer her away from feeling the need fro a replica weapon for something that can be easily enjoyed without it. Besides which it is illegal for her to possess one as a minor.

This sounds like an interest which should be encouraged in a different direction. 14 is a very vulnerable and impressionable age.

I know quite a few teens that have grown up in our reenactment society and are perfectly ok with replica / deactivated weapons (admittedly matchlock muskets) which can’t be mistaken for a modern weapon by any stretch of the imagination. I’d want to know that the replica couldn’t be taken out of the house - maybe kept in a locked glass front display cabinet with you holding the key.

No. Because, speaking from experience, teenagers are dickheads and make bad choices, even the sensible and clever ones. It only takes once for her to decide to take it out of the house to show her pals and then you're in a situation that ends badly.

These replica guns are produced and sold for a particular market, hence the realism. I can see no sensible reason why a 14 year old would want one, the fetishising of weapons, whether firearms or zombie knives is a blight on society and any parent that enables their purchase deserves to be prosecuted imo.

Generally, no.

Maybe sit down and discuss the nature of guns with your 14 DD and how they are used for killing things (often innocent animals minding their own business, as well as people).

No. A nerf gun was the extent of my kids gun toys.

Not a chance

Nope. Children have been killed and arrested for using those in public.