People were doing this back in 1968 after the murder of Bobby Kennedy, when the MSM stirred up an anti-gun hysteria.
One fool family gave up their guns, then wrote letters to various newspapers and magazines bragging about it, and claiming they were living in terror of their still gun owning neighbors.
Kids were encouraged to give up their toy guns. Good adult, but safe for kids, TV shows dumbed down to kiddie shows. Movies on TV were butchered to remove all violence. Only the theater movies got a pass when they said they would “police themselves” with a joke of a ratings system. So they reshot scenes and added more violence and sex to get the then coveted “R” rating.
Back in 2005, I wanted to have my toddler grandson photographed with a cowboy hat and a western holster/cap gun. We first went to a TOYS & US store to get the cowboy gear.......ask a store person where the toy cap guns were. A confrontation soon occurred, where the store person chided us about violence and firmly said, "WE DON'T SELL FIREARMS AT TOYS & US!!!!!"
Never went back to TOYS & US again!!!!
An if I'm not mistaken, TOYS & US is filling bankruptcy.........yeaaaa!