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Do you allow toy weapons to be fired/launched/set off in your home?
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26% |
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55% |
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| It depends (please explain) |
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13% |
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| Some weapons but not others (please explain) |
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2% |
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| I allow guests to do this but not my kids (please explain) |
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1% |
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mommy3b2c
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 Mon, Nov 11 2024, 4:43 am
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Yes. But If they were hurting people the way you describe your son in the op, then I would take away those weapons . Bh my kids never hurt people with their weapons. Except for when my 15 year old gives me a panic attack . He’s constantly ambushing me and shooting me with his guns (aka his fingers lol ) . He’s obsessed with guns and there’s nothing I can do to stop it . Nor do I care to. He doesn’t like reading and I’m happy that the one type of book he likes to read is books about guns.
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behappy2
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Mon, Nov 11 2024, 4:56 am
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I allow Nerf Guns. My kids are careful. Generally speaking we haven't had any injuries.
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keym
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Mon, Nov 11 2024, 5:21 am
So I allow guns and gun talk but no projectiles.
Practically it means my boys will create arsenals of weapons out of clicks or Legos and "fight" imaginary using strategy.
"You take that side while I guard, I see someone there, shoot pow pow, ok, now I'm going to go, you cover me".
Guns that actually shoot anything (rubber bands, tissues, toys are only allowed under very controlled circumstances.
I and my husband were both raised by parents who forbade all gun activities probably because R Matisyahu said no. It didn't help. My husband and his brothers would build elaborate "schpritzers" and fight battles with imaginary water weapons. When they got older, they would play elaborate war games with the Risk board games, skip the game just set up and fight.
My brothers would make "fighters" instead of guns.
And like a previous poster mentioned, my brothers would read every book known to mankind about weapons. They didn't like to read, but would read and understand all the technicalities of all kinds of weapons - modern and old fashioned.
Some people just really really appreciate the logistics of it.
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amother
Wheat
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Mon, Nov 11 2024, 5:40 am
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mommyhood
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Mon, Nov 11 2024, 5:52 am
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We have a whole collection of nerf guns and water guns. Nerf guns in the playroom only water guns outside only and our rule that we take very seriously is that you can only shoot someone who agreed to play with you. If you shoot someone else the game is over and the gun goes away.
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Hydrangea
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Mon, Nov 11 2024, 6:13 am
After 15 years of unsuccessfully enforcing a no gun rule I dropped the rule. The son that simply couldn’t abide by a no gun rule is now on track for a career in designing guns. He just really loves it.
If I could start over I would not have a no gun rule. I would have no projectiles rule unless its a nerf bullet which is just foam.
I don’t allow shooting anything that could hurt. Unless its at a target outdoors and they are very safe about it.
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Steel
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Mon, Nov 11 2024, 6:30 am
We had no guns for probably first ten years of parenting.
Now we have water guns and laser tag guns. They don't bother me at all.
And one son won a little ball shooting gun, which he can't shoot at people.
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yiddishmom
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Mon, Nov 11 2024, 6:52 am
I don't allow guns, it's not "yiddishe" thing. We are not a violent people.
But because there is a limit to how much I can limit my child, I allow him to use pretend guns to shoot the wall/ furniture. But he doesn't have any actual objects being fired/ flying anywhere.
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Heather
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Mon, Nov 11 2024, 8:18 am
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I grew up with a very intense no gun rule. I also grew up with other intense ‘rules’ and realized that moderation is good and extremes should only be used for extremes. My son is surrounded by boys with nerf guns and he begged and begged us for one. I wasn’t going to buy one just because, but he wanted it so badly that he requested it as his one birthday gift. We don’t want our kids to be violent or have violent toys, so we bought him one with one very strict rule- you have to ask permission before pointing it at someone. A few times he hasn’t and he had it taken away. He’s learned at this point and is spending way less energy/time on it than he did before begging us.
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Cyan
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Mon, Nov 11 2024, 8:33 am
Yes.
I have very boyish boys so I learned to pick and choose my battles wisely
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Ivory
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Mon, Nov 11 2024, 9:46 am
Yes to Nerf and water guns. No to BB and pellet guns.
We are also very responsible real gun owners, and the kids who are old enough have gone to the range several times and learned to shoot, as well as proper gun safety.
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Violet
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Mon, Nov 11 2024, 10:22 am
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We've got an assortment of nerf guns and non-firing model toy guns. Our boys will forever jump around the house playing soldiers or swat team against terrorists. We're in Israel, they absorb it from the air, I guess. It's their number one favorite energy outlet. I do not allow any projectiles or arrows that in my opinion can cause injury, I'm the judge to that. Water guns are for outside, only.
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