tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post3160292305844031266..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: The disappearance of common sense. More Nanny State Horse Excrement. "Should realistic toy guns be outlawed?"Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-72372091047309532272011-08-19T06:04:58.085-05:002011-08-19T06:04:58.085-05:00Kpn3, we're taking the same approach. Daddy fr...Kpn3, we're taking the same approach. Daddy frequently has so many guns around the house I didn't every want the tool/toy message scrambled.<br /><br />Mine are 5 and 3 and have NEVER touched one of mine without permission. I have an unloaded .22 I put a new scope on sitting in the corner. It's been there over a week and I know neither one will touch it.<br /><br />On the converse, I am going to buy my oldest a BB gun for his 6th birthday. 2 years sooner than I planned. I believe he's ready (only supervised use for the first couple of years). He attends benchrest matches with me and one day as we were leaving he saw the junior rifle team at practice. When he's old enough (8) and still interested I'll let him join them.Scott Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-31337006729163753042011-08-19T00:07:11.738-05:002011-08-19T00:07:11.738-05:00I grew up with toy guns, and real ones also. My ki...I grew up with toy guns, and real ones also. My kids had that same pleasure, and knew the difference.<br /><br /> Now I'm happy to say My Grand Children are following a Great Family Tradition.<br /><br /> Dennis<br /> III<br /> Texas<br /><br />PS My son had the cops come by the house a number of years ago because of his english report<br />"What I Did On My Summer Vacation" <br />it fizzeled instead of going BOOM, he learned two lessons that year...<br /> How to make it go BOOM, and how to keep Yer Mouth Shut.Dennis308https://www.blogger.com/profile/07890267243094484300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-59514666558458511422011-08-18T22:09:36.736-05:002011-08-18T22:09:36.736-05:00I had an seemingly endless series of toy guns, swo...I had an seemingly endless series of toy guns, swords, knives, etc as a kid. My whole neighborhood was the battleground for all of the kids (we learned real quick which dogs were not friendly, which yards to avoid). Never had any serious injuries, just scrapes, other minor stuff that would have occured no matter what we were playing with.<br />I allow my grandson to have the same fun, and will teach him about the real thing as I consider it appropriate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-51465692185299734262011-08-18T22:02:00.703-05:002011-08-18T22:02:00.703-05:00Even in the gun community we have those that wish ...Even in the gun community we have those that wish to ban others from owning things they find icky! Some folks are just too wishy washy to stand up for themselves and will go along with whatever someone else tells them is bad. So some of us have just learned to ignore remarks from PC idiots. Let them learn about life and fire, the hard way.<br />I've taught people about handguns and self defense, only to go over later and find their handgun, unloaded and stuffed away in a sack, in the bottom of an ammo can. They want the gun to be 'safe' while they don't have to worry about it going off by itself! Defies any logic I can imagine.<br />So we see again, stupidity is a self curing problem!Semper Fi, 0321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-19176520753686666092011-08-18T20:20:10.392-05:002011-08-18T20:20:10.392-05:00Should toy guns be outlawed?
well, just as with ...Should toy guns be outlawed? <br /><br />well, just as with real guns, it depends on how they make you feel when you look at them.<br /><br />If they make you feel icky, then they're bad.Longbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977251310265101498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-19664824487802684832011-08-18T19:56:00.697-05:002011-08-18T19:56:00.697-05:00Kpn3 a valid viewpoint.
So I had the pellet gu...Kpn3 a valid viewpoint. <br /><br />So I had the pellet gun and dad's blackpowder. powder + copper tubing and cannon fuse + ant hill = hillarity. <br /><br />I have experienced a flash burn from black powder. It looks like a sun burn.... on half of your face. <br /><br />Dad said, "If we can get you passed 18, you will live to be an old man.". We shall see.<br /><br />CoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-76679909600744766682011-08-18T18:37:41.188-05:002011-08-18T18:37:41.188-05:00No Flames from me.
At 11 my girls have started...No Flames from me. <br /><br /> At 11 my girls have started with 10/22 and as they age they will move up. I think the nice thing about a real gun, is it's a real gun. They treat it with the gravity it deserves.<br /><br /> As a kid I had toy guns, didn't seem to do much harm, but in reality I saw them as toys. My girls get the 3% talk every weekend we go out, and understand this is a tool for killing.<br /><br />--hollywoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-75959990246959868392011-08-18T18:15:47.711-05:002011-08-18T18:15:47.711-05:00Those kids have been reading up on LBVs. Are you ...Those kids have been reading up on LBVs. Are you SUUUUUURE they're not fledgling threepers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-30649969266403056802011-08-18T16:43:05.633-05:002011-08-18T16:43:05.633-05:00California cops have no problem with kids and unlo...California cops have no problem with kids and unloaded real weapons. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/18/police-defend-letting-kids-hold-automatic-weapons/<br /><br />I did say California. Didn't I?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-45504110937418290962011-08-18T16:35:24.190-05:002011-08-18T16:35:24.190-05:00Kpn: I won't flame you're You have every r...Kpn: I won't flame you're You have every right to raised.yojr kids.as you see fit - just so you respect the same right of others!<br /><br />I'm reminded of the story I once.read.by an uber-lib Mom who resolved to pussify her son by forbidding him any "masculine" toys & giving him baby-dolls instead.<br /><br />She was HORRIFIED to find him - bare hours later - having ripped off its head and using its headless body as a submachine gun, complete with sound-effects.<br /><br />She claimed some epiphany that "boys will be boys..." - and they WILL!<br /><br />Criminals will also be criminals - I give it five minutes after the law passes before the first criminal paints his gun to look like one of the toys...<br /><br />Idiots.Dedicated_Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375339835638311982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-75329532545485058902011-08-18T16:15:04.906-05:002011-08-18T16:15:04.906-05:00When I was five years old we had the usual cap pis...When I was five years old we had the usual cap pistols, toy rifles, etc. The older kids in the neighborhool chose up sides and played war with their Red Ryders. The only injury I heard of was a BB in the palm of the hand of a boy foolish enough to stick it out from behind a tree.<br /><br />My oldest brother made his own black powder from ingredients he personally purchased at the local drug store. There was never a problem with LE. Different world?petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-44011318995148969292011-08-18T15:31:01.430-05:002011-08-18T15:31:01.430-05:00As Bassett III said, if you want your kid to know ...As Bassett III said, if you want your kid to know something, teach him. <br /><br />The only real danger in the child toy arms race is that we've raised a generation of cops to think 'if in doubt, shoot it out'. <br /><br />The really odd thing about that is the cops got that way AFTER we gave them all bullet resistant clothing and greatly reduced the risk to them of waiting for the other guy to shoot first.Mickey Collinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-40335061957936277922011-08-18T15:16:47.999-05:002011-08-18T15:16:47.999-05:00Unfortunately the anti-gun mindset continues to sp...Unfortunately the anti-gun mindset continues to spread despite all the responsible gun owners in this country who demonstrate (on a daily basis) that it is not guns who kill people, but rather the idiot criminals who use them. I find it absurd that outlawing realistic looking toy guns would even be considered, but then again, I find that whole anti-2A argument to be dumb as well.Collapse Newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536480830099209625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-84109233530144744222011-08-18T15:13:45.217-05:002011-08-18T15:13:45.217-05:00If I get a can of day-glow orange spray paint and ...If I get a can of day-glow orange spray paint and spray the tips of all of my real guns, will they shut up? <br /><br />Betcha 90% of them will see the orange tip and think "wow, that's a really realistic toy CETME/Glock/AR-15", including cops. Next thing will be bad guys with tip-sprayed real guns going into a bank lobby and.... <br /><br />You just can't help folks who can't see or think clearly.<br /><br />Cheers.pdxr13https://www.blogger.com/profile/04663894695994248670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-79955534804088037812011-08-18T14:41:13.674-05:002011-08-18T14:41:13.674-05:00I will take the bait and prepare to be flamed for...I will take the bait and prepare to be flamed for my comments. Here goes.<br /><br />I never bought any "toy guns" for my children. I believed it sent confusing messages to them. Guns are not toys nor should they be treated as such. Funny though, our son and his friends would find other substitutes like sticks to point at each other when playing army games. <br /><br />On the other hand, I taught my children how to shoot real guns at the age of 8 and they learned to respect the power of such a tool. <br /><br />As far as legislation to ban such "toys" I see no point in enacting yet another law to keep us safe....of course, those of you who allow your children to "play" with guns, real of not may be surprised if they get shot by someone who believes them to be threatening with a deadly weapon.<br /><br />Flame suit on now.<br /><br />KPN3%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-80732776483712482792011-08-18T14:40:51.583-05:002011-08-18T14:40:51.583-05:00Hey Tavarisch, TEACH 'EM !!!
Our kids knew th...Hey Tavarisch, TEACH 'EM !!!<br />Our kids knew the difference by the time they were 4 ! if they were not sure....IT WAS REAL ! untill an adult verified it.<br /> my oldest daughter won her first turkey shoot at age nine, shooting against grown men (all commers !),<br />and each of the three daughters got a Colt 1911 and sent to combat<br />pistol school upon graduation from high school. TEACH 'EM !!!<br /> (or pay th' consequinces...)<br /><br />bassett IIIbassett IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-41474366520937916822011-08-18T14:27:24.264-05:002011-08-18T14:27:24.264-05:00Had toy soldiers, cap guns, toy rifles and BB guns...Had toy soldiers, cap guns, toy rifles and BB guns growing up in Florida. Like the others, we played "war" constantly, mostly Americans against the "Nazis." <br /><br />There's this little-known thing called "education" that everyone has forgotten nowadays. And that includes the police. If a kid today doesn't know thew difference between a real gun and a toy gun, he has no education, and if he gets into trouble because of that lack, whose fault is it?<br /><br />As for the cops, if you're walking the streets with your favorite 9-iron because of the local pit bulls, you may just be shot by the gun-happy LEOs who can't see past the nose on their face. Beware!TPainehttp://www.theampat.com/wp_blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-23192610882087740062011-08-18T13:15:22.283-05:002011-08-18T13:15:22.283-05:00This is all part of re educating people about the ...This is all part of re educating people about the dangers of guns. When these social-engineers target children, be afraid, they will turn your own children against you. Tell the government to stay out of our family business. I live by Nancy Reagans famous quote "JUST SAY NO", especially to the governmentChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284632343518235595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-64415560194306376842011-08-18T10:46:11.411-05:002011-08-18T10:46:11.411-05:00The only thing that bothers me about realistic toy...The only thing that bothers me about realistic toy guns is that a kid might find a real gun and not know the difference.Tvarischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03038738703327162747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-82860354726152550292011-08-18T10:20:31.306-05:002011-08-18T10:20:31.306-05:00Your son was a lucky boy. When I was a kid I had t...Your son was a lucky boy. When I was a kid I had to break into Dad's carbide cans or blackpowder for any real fun. <br /><br />BTW enjoy your blog!The Midland Agrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214111067042466363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-58506688708587136732011-08-18T10:17:42.265-05:002011-08-18T10:17:42.265-05:00I will always treasure the Luger P08 my grandfathe...I will always treasure the Luger P08 my grandfather made for me out of scrap from a 2X4.Chuck Martelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-15041835999183842242011-08-18T10:03:09.234-05:002011-08-18T10:03:09.234-05:00I think its time to outlaw all the nanny state typ...I think its time to outlaw all the nanny state types, they are a health hazard to the rest of us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-74201619093030843002011-08-18T09:11:20.076-05:002011-08-18T09:11:20.076-05:00Hell yes!Hell yes!We the people...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04048557662091724206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-5273508957933439672011-08-18T09:05:17.377-05:002011-08-18T09:05:17.377-05:00Lucky kid. My son wanted math and physics books, ...Lucky kid. My son wanted math and physics books, but that paid off too:<br /><br />https://sites.google.com/site/primenumbertheory/<br /><br />I was still able to get him to learn the basics of pistols and rifles...<br /><br />WarriorClass<br />IIIWarriorClass IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886225964895730489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-11388732241003357432011-08-18T07:49:21.734-05:002011-08-18T07:49:21.734-05:00I viewed the video and both toys complied with the...I viewed the video and both toys complied with the orange tip law.<br /><br />Dr.D IIIDr.Dnoreply@blogger.com