As I read this, I had to re read it again and again! What are we doing to our youth?! Between all the anti bully laws, now this!? They want to plastic bubble wrap our kids so they are not exposed to anything and then when they get older they will be screwed! Its like your immune system... you have to get dirty and get sick and let your body fight off stuff to build your immune system, if you disinfect and sanitize everything forever your immune system will be weak. But seriously this is sad... They are making these kids into criminals... hope you enjoy /are disgusted by the read as much as I was:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/newtowns-wake-schools-crackdown-imaginary-weapons-182805543--abc-news-topstories.html

I honestly think we are doomed as a society, this is just so asinine and dumbfounding it litterally hurts my head.

I am already trying to relocate from NJ but it seems it is US as a whole that may be doomed... the one about the girl with a piece of paper that looked too near a gun killed me....

They've started doing this long ago. I wasn't allowed to play cops and robbers when I was in elementary school. Currently in college right now. Then again back when I was in elementary school, it was a proverbial (not physical, that's way before my time) slap on the wrist, not a suspension.

 

Truth be told though, if (or when) I have a kid, and I feel he or she is of the right age for a firearm, I'll give him/her a choice. Play with imaginary/toy guns, or get a real firearm. If they were to get a real firearm, they would in turn be obligated handle any firearm with the safety and responsibility that comes with one. That would apply to toy guns too, meaning they can't point it at friends and whatnot.

 

It's a long ways off (I'm only 21), but it's been something I've thought about. I'm going to be the first gun owner in my family, and it's a new tradition that I'd like to pass on. I think that with firearms comes respect, responsibility, and perseverance, traits that every kid should have. I also think that it's best to start young. But if my kids are gonna learn to shoot, they're gonna learn about safety etiquette first, whether it's a real gun or a toy one.

They've started doing this long ago. I wasn't allowed to play cops and robbers when I was in elementary school. Currently in college right now. Then again back when I was in elementary school, it was a proverbial (not physical, that's way before my time) slap on the wrist, not a suspension.

 

Truth be told though, if (or when) I have a kid, and I feel he or she is of the right age for a firearm, I'll give him/her a choice. Play with imaginary/toy guns, or get a real firearm. If they were to get a real firearm, they would in turn be obligated handle any firearm with the safety and responsibility that comes with one. That would apply to toy guns too, meaning they can't point it at friends and whatnot.

 

It's a long ways off (I'm only 21), but it's been something I've thought about. I'm going to be the first gun owner in my family, and it's a new tradition that I'd like to pass on. I think that with firearms comes respect, responsibility, and perseverance, traits that every kid should have. I also think that it's best to start young. But if my kids are gonna learn to shoot, they're gonna learn about safety etiquette first, whether it's a real gun or a toy one.

 

I have a 5 yr old, a 1.5 yr old and one on the way. My 5 year old knows what I do for a living and has seen my pistol. He knows not to touch it and knows it is not a toy. He has nerf guns and LOVES playing military, cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, all that mess. He knows not to point his toy guns at anyone. He is not allowed to have a toy gun that is black nor touch one that is black and he knows that. He knows that real guns are not toys. He doesn't have the "OOOO what is that thing" mentality, he knows its a gun and knows it will kill. He may not fully grasp every aspect of it but he also will never go and touch it. In a few years he will fire my pistol to get that curiosity out of the way. I will take my son shooting and everntually my daughter. I found this story funny because my son has made guns out of his legos at home. He tells me all the time he wants to be in the military or be a police man... These idiots can bubble wrap their kids and shield them from every little thing all they want but I will raise my son the way I was raised. and if he gets suspended for a finger gun, then it may be time to start thinking about home school or a private school or maybe a school that believes and supports the NRA?!

This crap started years ago. I was in kindergarten during Nam. My teacher would put us under the piano or in a closet if we even thought pro Gun stuff. I had a toy M-16 I brought to school one day. I was literally grabbed by the shoulder and dragged to the principles office for a lecture. The lefties all became teachers as this was a way to dodge the draft. They infested schools back then and never left the system. Eventually taking them over and making it the mess we see today. Once the WWII and Korean war era teachers retired off the history books that taught American sacrifices and hardships bared to build the nation and free the world were quickly replaced with books depicting mellow versions of us being oppressors. And my schools rifle range was closed.

My father born in 32 often said he was glad he lived when he did because America was such a wonderful place and it no longer resembles what it once was. At 46 I'm starting to get that same feeling. Think of it places like Newark and Jersey city were thriving cities that people aactually wanted to live in.LOL Welfare was a dirty word and people got voted out of office for supporting seatbelt laws. That America understood the evils of big government.

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