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

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I’d be concerned that my dd was behaving so oddly that she wanted a fake gun. Just why?

Nope.

You have to give ID to prove your age. You can't legally just give the item to a child.

Are you willing to break the law?

Certainly not, and ditto my son.
Encourage an interest in vintage British motorcycles instead.

No WAY. I'd be very concerned they wanted on honestly.

That shopkeeper’s on thin ice, surely. Like an off licence flogging fags and teen-favoured booze to some bewildered passerby when half a dozen feral teenagers are staring through the window.

Just looking at them frightens me. No way in a million years would I be encouraging that.

Unapologetically SNP

Probably not but I would take her to Armoury museums

I have no concerns regarding her behaviour. She won't be getting one due to her age and the fact I cannot be 100%certain someone will remove it from our house.

She's has a great interest in various wars.
She's also very firmly anti war and talks with a great amount of knowledge and intelligence of the current wars currently happening.

I actually agree so much so I have told dd i want her to find somewhere new to shop for her gear. As they were very very real looking guns and he knew dd wanted one.

No absolutely not in this universe or any other.

Given that it’s a replica and not a genuine weapon capable of injury, I’d allow it, however with very strict rules around it doesn’t get taken out of the house, no pictures or videos taken with it and/or posted online anywhere, not treated like a toy.

https://nextleveluk.net/blogs/news/replica-guns-a-complete-guide-for-collectors-and-movie-prop-fans

You might find this useful @naturallynotfunny813

Could you divert her interest onto artillery shells? My husband and son share a similar interest in WW1/2 (not guns though). You can buy all sorts of weird and wonderful artillery shells made for airplanes, tanks, all sorts. You can even get them engraved.

You need to be careful with owning swords now the rules where changed in 2020 and unless the blade has been dulled it could be an offence to own certain types now.

And in anwser to Op original post no I wouldn't let DD have a replica gun.

I don’t see a problem, I grew up with toy guns as did all of my friends, no of which has ever caused harm to anyone. I had a sabre’s on my wall as a teenager , never taken a knife out or stabbed anyone.
my daughter went through a faze of collecting ornamental knives, she is the most placid person I know.
but it’s your home.

That was quite useful thanks

That's the thing replica guns aren't toys and in the wrong hands can be changed into a lethal weapon. The one's in the shop were very real looking. if someone pointed one to me I wouldn't think it was a replica

Its not an insult. Strange you would take it that way

I was more talking about the genre. I find that most people interested in that era and the memorabilia are ND.

Genuine question why would anyone want a replica of something built specifically by someone to kill another human? Especially if that thing could be modified to work for its intended purpose. I just don’t get it. Do people get a thrill from it? Why not get her to build a replica guillotine in the garden - they were still using those in WW2.

Two cautionary stories from a few years ago. Chap was reported to thd police for carrying a sawn off shot gun into a pub, in a carrier bag. He was stopped by police on his way home and arrested....it was a chair leg he was repairing

Worse, the guy into the American West, country music, dressing as a cowboy. Drunk one night practicing using his replica which could fire blanks. Police arrived and in the confusion shoot him

So no, not at 14...Just look at the kids killing kids in America by accident....your daughter takes it out of the house perfectly innocent but ...

Absolutely no way. It's not a collection I'd be encouraging.

I could sort of get it if she was heavily into historical re-enactments or something, but just as a bedroom shelf collection? Hard nope.