Comments on: I Could Shoot the Person Who Gave My Child A Toy Gun https://mommyevolution.com/i-could-shoot-the-person-who-gave-my-child-a-toy-gun/ Mom Smarter! Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:57:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Brandy Alford https://mommyevolution.com/i-could-shoot-the-person-who-gave-my-child-a-toy-gun/#comment-78182 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=1458#comment-78182 I bought my boys K’nex since they played with nerf guns so frequently. They decided to make toy guns from the k’nex. They really do love toy guns.

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/i-could-shoot-the-person-who-gave-my-child-a-toy-gun/#comment-41011 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=1458#comment-41011 In reply to Jowyn Jenson.

I think it was a different time. I definitely agree!

]]> By: Jowyn Jenson https://mommyevolution.com/i-could-shoot-the-person-who-gave-my-child-a-toy-gun/#comment-40995 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=1458#comment-40995 Well done. I shall take a mental note of your approach for when/if I have to have this conversation with any of my future offspring. My brother had a toy ‘cowboy’ pistol with exploding caps in the 70s/80s. I never liked it. The sound of those caps exploding frightened me. My mother, as far as I know, did not talk to him about the issue of guns. Maybe it was a different time…. But we now live in THIS time and it needs to be discussed.

]]> By: Jennifer https://mommyevolution.com/i-could-shoot-the-person-who-gave-my-child-a-toy-gun/#comment-37797 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=1458#comment-37797 In reply to Carolyn.

My father grew up in Oklahoma and Calgary where guns were second nature… I guess knowing that my kids will probably learn how to shoot real guns someday I want them to have a healthy respect for them and not think of them as toys on any level.

]]> By: Carolyn https://mommyevolution.com/i-could-shoot-the-person-who-gave-my-child-a-toy-gun/#comment-37775 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=1458#comment-37775 I’d never given the topic much thought, but my husband is a former Marine and feels very strongly that our kids will never have toy guns either. I find myself torn sometimes on the grey areas (I know a lot of the current Nerf and water guns are super realistic looking, but the old school Super Soakers were a blast and didn’t look like actual weapons … to me at least!) but in general I am on board and it has made me rethink some of the toys I would previously have bought for little kids.

]]> By: jj https://mommyevolution.com/i-could-shoot-the-person-who-gave-my-child-a-toy-gun/#comment-352 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=1458#comment-352 I agree, it’s a fine line. We had some teenagers messing around with fake (but realisitic looking) guns last week. Just seeing it out of the corner of my eye out the window scared me. But my next thought was of someone in our quiet Tx neighborhood (I’m sure one of them must be a gun owner) freaking out more than I did. I know these were older kids but you would think someone might have suggested it wasn’t the greatest idea. A neighbor had a quiet word with them and they stopped

]]> By: spdmama https://mommyevolution.com/i-could-shoot-the-person-who-gave-my-child-a-toy-gun/#comment-351 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=1458#comment-351 In reply to devoepr.

I get that! I had to buy a “girl” present for a birthday party. There’s a big difference between Tinkerbell and Barbi. I was surprised. And my 4yo son informed me that Barbi was too old… Glad we were on the same wavelength.

]]> By: devoepr https://mommyevolution.com/i-could-shoot-the-person-who-gave-my-child-a-toy-gun/#comment-350 https://mommyevolution.com/?p=1458#comment-350 Weirdly, I felt the same way when someone gave our 4 year old daughter a Barbie doll!

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