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Atypical Liberal

(5,412 posts)
23. Toy guns? Really? Show me the toy guns.
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 03:28 PM
Mar 2012


There is nothing in these baskets that even remotely passes for a "gun". In fact, it's virtually impossible to go to a toy store and buy your kid a toy gun anymore. I tried to find some toy guns for my 3-year-old boy last Christmas and gave up - there was nothing in the big-box toy stores or Walmart or anyplace else that looked like a real gun. Unless you count these garish "cowboy" guns with bright orange muzzle plugs as real-looking:



Everything has been fantasticized to the point of lunacy. About the closest to a real-looking toy gun I found was a Star Wars stormtrooper blaster rifle.

I figure next year I'll get him some Airsoft guns, minus the BBs.
Really...... Historic NY Mar 2012 #1
Toys and religious holidays don't mix. PavePusher Mar 2012 #7
good for the pastor! DrDan Mar 2012 #2
Bet they're from China. Remember the bags of plastic toys that included box cutters? Shown on freshwest Mar 2012 #3
I don't know about Chicago gejohnston Mar 2012 #4
There was a guy on TV today that said 41 folks were shot in Chicago this past weekend. Tx4obama Mar 2012 #29
could be, gejohnston Mar 2012 #30
Ahh, Pflaky Pfleger. *yawn* n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #5
Pfleger is a known and proven pfucktard... PavePusher Mar 2012 #8
I tend to agree, the parents should decide what guns to insert into Easter Baskets. ileus Mar 2012 #6
Yea... fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #13
Guns in Easter baskets? WTF? Do they come with rabbit skinning instructions too? saras Mar 2012 #9
anyone can skin a rabbit... ileus Mar 2012 #11
In the spirit of Easter fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #14
I don't know about Easter gejohnston Mar 2012 #16
"sentiment being"? PavePusher Mar 2012 #18
I read it a long time ago gejohnston Mar 2012 #19
If Easter was actually about rabbits.... PavePusher Mar 2012 #17
Rabbits, Easter..... fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #27
Late bloomer. Shit man, I wuz skinning bears at two. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #25
He's 7 now he asked if we could bear hunt this year. ileus Mar 2012 #28
As a RKBA advocate, I can only hope the Pfleger keeps opening his mouth. aikoaiko Mar 2012 #10
high-larious Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #12
Freeze! I have a SuperSoaker! JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2012 #15
Snuffy? beevul Mar 2012 #20
Toys or candy, an example of passive parenting. Remmah2 Mar 2012 #21
Let the market sort it out. GreenStormCloud Mar 2012 #22
Toy guns? Really? Show me the toy guns. Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #23
I don't buy my kids toy guns. jeepnstein Mar 2012 #24
I'm with you. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #26
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