Oh my god, get the chainsaw! We need to disarm the children! Nobody needs to have an assault weapon!

Not playing with toy guns might increase the likelihood of using real ones.

Id imagine the idea was more along the lines of something like this:

Strobridge’s principal said the school held the exchange because he thinks playing with toy guns increases the chance of children playing with real ones when they grow up

...I brought it up because children are being punished in the schools for even pretending their fingers are a gun .

That isn't for the principal to decide. There are a ton of responsible gun owners who live in cities. Arguably people living in the city need to exercise their right to bear arms more than anyone else, seeing as they're the most at risk of being attacked by criminal scum.

He said "using," not "playing."

and they should go to gun classes and learn all about that.

it wasnt manditory.



you asked what he was thinking, id imagine it was somehting more along the lines of that.

if thats what he said would you still have a problem?

This post was edited by Ylem122 on Jun 10 2013 10:04am

I agree; said gun classes should be mandatory in every high school.

This isn't about them learning about firearms, however, this is about the principal trying to stifle future gun ownership rates.

Meh, even Eurofags like me played with toy guns as kids. Even though the law in our country is so silly you can't have toy guns that look like real ones. So you'd always be stuck with either homemade wooden or space blaster style rubbish. I had a glorious revolver though, with those blasting caps you could put inside. It was a metal one and the smoke came out the barrel when you shot. Had lots of fun with that.

If that's what he said, I might even agree with him, but I wouldn't dream of implementing his draconian policies. It's none of his damn business whether or not children play with toy guns and the school shouldn't be involved to begin with. This is a decision for the child's parents to make, not politicians or principals.

This post was edited by SwaziSpring on Jun 10 2013 10:06am