Not going to work. Never having a gun, or having one in the house, my son, 2 yrs old, picked up a toy elephant bought at the zoo and used the extended trunk as the barrel of a gun. I knew at that point I lost the battle. Now that I think of it, fingers work just as well. That’s what we used when we were kids. :)
Last week I went to a party where guests were encouraged to bring their kids (the hosts have three sons and a house full of toys). I was enthralled by one little girl who clutched a toy automatic pistol, clicking it constantly. When I told her father that this meant she might grow up to be a Republican, he glared daggers at me. A boy about the same age picked up a dinosaur toy, leveled it at anyone listening, while shouting “Bang! Bang!” His mother assured me that “there are no war toys in our house”.
Strange how kids often prove smarter than politicians.