I don't believe in allowing toy guns (sic. 'rifles' would be a better term. Ed.). I suggest age-appropriate real weapons. A 5 year old can be taught to shoot a Chipmunk with consumate safety. A Ruger 10-22 is a great firearm for the 8-12 crowd, if the parents are willing to put out the effort to customize it.
I did so with my kids.
/johnny
This incident is just another awful event in the ungoing, pathetic low threshold war between the Israeli's and the Palestinians.
Both of these groups, Israeli's and Pali's, are hardheaded SOB's.
The Israeli's bulldoze neighborhoods and use helicopter gunships against civilians. The Palestinians use men, women and children as suicide bombers and children as street fighters.
Both sides are reprehensible to me.