OP what is the problem with nerf guns?

Anonymous wrote:And he can't see why I'm mad at this. Said he had them as a kid and "what's the big deal". Nerf guns should be banned in general.

Seriously?
Nerf guns are fun, and I say that as someone who would never have a real gun in the house and does not allow my 11 yr old to play any videogame that involves shooting people (too realistic and desensitizing IMO).

Anonymous wrote:And he can't see why I'm mad at this. Said he had them as a kid and "what's the big deal". Nerf guns should be banned in general.

OK, I'll bite: Why?

They're awesome. I thought we'd never own them, but with two boys in the house (plus my husband), we now own about 8. My boys are 10 and 6.

Anonymous wrote:Nerf is fun!

(Mom of girl)

+1 We have about 10 nerf guns around the house which always get used when DS has friends over. Playing with a nerf gun is not going to turn your son into a mass murderer.

Nerf is fun!

(Mom of girl)

Your husband is awesome.

I hate them, too, but boys will turn anything into a gun anyway. I just tell them that any foam ammo I find on the floor goes in the trash. When they're gone, they're gone (until DH buys them a new case of ammo.)

Huh? Go take another xanax and writell back.

To make us feel better, we call them blasters, not guns. Try it.

I am with your husband. I understand not glorifying the whole gun culture- but a nerf gun - really? What about a super soaker? How far are you prepared to your principled beliefs?

It is a nerf gun. What is the problem again?

Talk to each other.

They're the funniest things ever for most boys. Girls may live them too but we just have boys.

And he can't see why I'm mad at this. Said he had them as a kid and "what's the big deal". Nerf guns should be banned in general.