Anonymous wrote:Yes. We also let our boys play with toy bombs, toy switch blades, and toy machetes. Last summer we built a toy guillotine and let them give each other pretend lethal injections. It was fun!

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Anonymous wrote:I hate them so no. You never point any gun at any living thing.

But you do you.

+1. Firearms safety instructor here. You never point any real or toy firearm or facsimile of a firearm at any living thing. Teach your children now.

but how do you squirt people with water then?

np here. You don’t. The above posters are correct. My dad was an avid hunter and skeet shooter as well as a retired military officer. We could own all the toy guns and water pistols we wanted but could NEVER aim them at another person or animal.

Both my husband and I are retired Marines. He grew up hunting. And skeet shooting. We have several firearms in the house - lol locked away.
We have 2 boys - 10 & 13. Both have shot “real” guns. Both know what to do when they see a gun not locked up.
And they both play with water guns and nerf guns. These guns all look like a toy. You know, neon green and yellow and orange. And they shoot each other with them. Face is off limits.
Kids can understand the difference between a toy gun and a real gun. It’s not a hard lesson to teach. Kids have been playing with toy guns for over a hundred years. The overwhelmingly did not turn into mass murderers.

It’s not about becoming mass murderers. Former marine here as well as firearm owner here and the idea that firearms are toys and not weapons bothers me. We don’t let our kids play with toy bombs either.

A firearm or facsimile of a firearm should never be a toy.