Comments on: When Toys Turn Deadly

By: Erica Fehrman

Erica Fehrman — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:10:42 +0000

I come from a family of hunters, and the main problem I see with BB guns is that people even view them as a toy. They are still a gun and must always be treated as a weapon. It’s a good choice to begin young hunters in gun safety and target practice (BB’s are much cheaper than real ammo) with parental supervision, but should be locked up with other hunting gear and not thrown in the garage with bikes and real toys.

So sad that this happened and praying for this family.

By: Alison Kallstrom

Alison Kallstrom — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:51:41 +0000

Wow – what a sad story. I get so upset when I see toy guns. There are so many other great things to play with – why bring weapons into the mix?? It is impossible for a small child to understand the consequences of guns. I really feel for this family and hope it can be a lesson for others.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:20:36 +0000

This was the first I heard of this story and it is so sad!! I can’t imagine what the family is going through and that boy will need counseling. We are a family of hunters. We don’t buy any of our meat at the store. We prefer to hunt on our land to provide for our family. Our kids are 7 and 16 months. We have been teaching the oldest one gun safety for a while now. She knows never to point it at a person. We also don’t allow her to point toy ones at people. She is very aware of what they are and what they are used for. She knows they are a tool used to kill things and not a toy. She also knows if she is at someones house and finds a gun to tell an adult. We keep them locked in a gun safe at all times and unloaded in there. We do have a BB gun that was my husbands as a child. At some point, I imagine she will begin learning to hunt, if she wants to, with that. At no time will she have that gun in her possession without adult supervision until she is much older, has taken a hunter’s safety course, and we both decide she is responsible enough to have it. I think some people look at BB gun’s as more a toy then a gun but they can still kill. I don’t think the gun itself teaches the responsibility, it is the parents.

By: Mom of three boys

Mom of three boys — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:39:01 +0000

I am with you. I do not understand the appeal of guns AT ALL. They’re used to kill things. Period. My cousin was killed when he was 12 while he and some friends were playing with a gun at his friend’s. After that, I vowed there would never be a gun in my home. There are too many tragic stories like this one. Yes, my sons still run around ‘shooting’ each other with the broom or the yard stick or whatever else they find, but as long as they’re in my home there will not be a gun. And I’m doing my best to instill a ‘walk away and tell an adult’ attitude for when they’re at other homes.

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Twitted by jet_set — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:04:18 +0000

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