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'Danger Dyslexia': Toy Guns are Dangerous, Open Borders Are Not
townhall.com ^ | 1/7/2019 | karen Kataline

Posted on 01/07/2019 10:24:41 AM PST by rktman

For the third year in a row, Hempstead, New York sponsored a "Toy Gun Buyback” that encouraged kids to give up their toy guns in exchange for toys which Leftists deem to be “safer.” In the spirit of equality some children were given a toy gun so they could trade it in for a “safe” toy.

Hempstead Village Trustee LaMont Johnson said, “The purpose is to offer a safe alternative to toy guns. We don't want the kids playing with guns. Guns are dangerous.” Mayor Don Ryan of Hempstead Village agreed, “Saying no to guns is important, even toy guns.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; drugs; fidiots; guns; hempstead; karenkataline; libodems; newyork; nra; openborders; secondamendment; toygun
So finger guns and sticks are also no go? IOW, guns bad, trespassers good?
1 posted on 01/07/2019 10:24:41 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

Yeah, I bet Hempstead has a bunch of illegals living there. Is it a sanctuary city as well?


2 posted on 01/07/2019 10:27:26 AM PST by raybbr (The left is a poison on society. There is no antidote. Running its course will be painful.)
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3 posted on 01/07/2019 10:31:23 AM PST by CharlesMartelsGhost
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To: raybbr

Hempstead is HUGE and includes some very nice villages.

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4 posted on 01/07/2019 10:31:29 AM PST by Mears
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In the spirit of equality some children were given a toy gun so they could trade it in for a “safe” toy.

Just damn.
5 posted on 01/07/2019 10:32:09 AM PST by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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Even the least HINT that a handgun may exist is sufficient to send these nervous types into the vapors and cause them to clutch their pearls. But the taking up of some kind of personal defense weapon is part of the DNA of every human male there ever was. By using the techniques developed by B.F. Skinner, it is possible to totally squelch these natural impulses, and thus “civilize” the child. This practice also leaves the victim, er, subject far less able to cope with serious challenges to his personal safety when new and unexpected threats arise..


6 posted on 01/07/2019 10:32:56 AM PST by alloysteel (Man does not live by bread alone. He needs chocolate cake too.)
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Lots of hemp heads in Hempstead.


7 posted on 01/07/2019 10:33:06 AM PST by FrdmLvr (They never thought she would lose.)
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To: rktman

This “toy gun buy back” is a sophisticated form of brainwashing. By the time these little ones know how to tie their shoes, they will be little Goose stepping brown shirts ;-(


8 posted on 01/07/2019 10:37:58 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Pew, pew!


9 posted on 01/07/2019 10:40:34 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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“Toy Gun Buyback” 1968 all over again after the murder of Bobby Kennedy by a Palestinian immigrant.


10 posted on 01/07/2019 10:41:55 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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I was a little busy in ‘68. But, when we returned after a deployment, some of us who had obtained firearms while overseas, were denied access to them until the new legislation was processed and folks knew what was involved in gca ‘68 POS law. We eventually got them turned over to us.


11 posted on 01/07/2019 10:45:22 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Growing up in the early 60s was different.

I can’t remember a toy gun until I was maybe around 8 or 9 that lasted about a week before broken. We had these little spring guns that we could put dried navy beans in and shoot those. We shot rubber bands, we threw spears made out of sticks, we had sword fights with sticks, and we shot archery in school. Some of the guys with parents who had disposable income wwnts around with lever action toy guns or burp guns or O07 guns/brief case spy kits... a few guys in the neighborhood had BB guns I don’t recall any Red Ryder BB guns but they did have the pumping Barrel things from Sears that were kind of cool some of the teens had Benjamin air pellet guns - that was really cool!

But I never had a gun, and then when we were overseas a bunch of these Army sergeants got together and started an NRA certification class for young boys and we learned all about firearm safety, target shooting with rifle and target shooting with pistol and then we got our NRA certificate. I think I was 11 when that happened. After that it was a lot of target shooting down at this range that was built fairly close to where we lived in the upcountry of Thailand. The local boonie cops would show up and fire their 38 and 357 some military sergeants would show up and plink, it was all unofficial but it was a place to shoot and it was a safe place to shoot. The Corps of Engineers made sure that the berms were up and made everything cool. A Thai Army General owned the property but I never saw him.


12 posted on 01/07/2019 10:47:29 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed it wright.)
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"Hempstead, New York sponsored a "Toy Gun Buyback” that encouraged kids to give up their toy guns in exchange for toys which Leftists deem to be 'safer.'"

Needles? Condoms? Porn? Books by Mao, Alinsky or the collected works of Obama and Clinton? SNAP Cards? Whatever could it be?!

13 posted on 01/07/2019 11:47:52 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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Sears Wishbooks for decades (up to several decades ago) had real guns in them. And toy guns that were spitting images of the real thing.

We had significantly less gun misuse than we see nowadays.

But, we had mental institutions then, with hundreds of thousands more beds than today, to house the twisted ones.


14 posted on 01/07/2019 2:56:50 PM PST by polymuser (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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I take issue with the headline, which stigmatizes dyslexia by trying to associate it with illogical thinking.


15 posted on 01/07/2019 2:58:44 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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Maybe they’ll do an Aborted Baby Giveback? Where women guilty of abortion are given a live baby by adoption?

Ummm...


16 posted on 01/07/2019 2:59:22 PM PST by polymuser (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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Today, you may find many of those twisted ones, bedding in Congress.


17 posted on 01/07/2019 3:12:44 PM PST by GOYAKLA (Winning not whining!)
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Thanks rktman.

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LOL - that’s wonderful...

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