Sad, Pathetic, and Infuriating
Parents and schools organize a Toy Gun Bash in which, in front of the children, they destroy their toy guns:
Malik Hall, a round-eyed second-grader, looked apprehensive as he stood in line with his favorite toy, a thick, blue gun with plastic sword underneath the muzzle. The 8-year-old was furious when his mother, Amanda, told him he would have to give it up. Yesterday morning, he tried to hide it under his pillow, she said.
“I’m worried,’’ she said. “He might cry.’’
But when it was his turn, Malik strode dry-eyed and with quiet dignity to the Bash-O-Matic and fed it the gun. When his mother approached, he said nothing.
“You don’t want to talk to me?’’ Hall asked. He looked at her stonily and left to retrieve his gift.
Indoctrination starts early, I guess. Teaching kids their things are bad. Evil totems that must be destroyed. Deodands.
And what sort of parent destroys their kid’s beloved toys? This sort:
Diane Levin, professor of education at Wheelock College, said police and parents coming together to destroy toy guns sends a powerful message to children.
December 22nd, 2010 at 10:52 am
Apparently Malik got that gun because of the Toys-R-Us loophole.
December 22nd, 2010 at 10:57 am
I was driving through my neighborhood yesterday and saw two kids playing guns and “shooting” the cars as they drove by… One kid had a full size, bad ass M4…. the other kid had a stick. It made me chuckle.
It just goes to show ya that kids still find a way to play guns… And those disconnected from reality parents need to step back and see things for what they really are.
Kids that play guns are not doing anything violent or exhibiting disturbing behavior. Its not going to lead to them becoming serial killers or felons in any way shape or form. All the kids are doing is playing a game. In its simplist form, what it really boils down to is a more complex game of tag. All they are doing is playing squirt guns, but without the water. (and how many of those loony, wont let their kids touch a toy gun parents wouldnt think twice about letting their kid play squirt guns) On a more complex level – and as they get older – they might develop a plot to their game and assign roles like cops and robbers or good guys and bad guys… But even then its all just a game. “Bang your dead” to a kid means nothing more then “tag your it”.
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:04 am
**shakes head** …..
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:06 am
There you go. Great examples being set all through that event. Inanimate objects are evil, so I bought you one to break to make you feel good. WHAT? You’d think she’d be working on teaching him not to break things rather than encouraging bad behavior. Guess it’s ok for evil inanimate objects.
What can you expect from Providence. Working at emasculating boys as early as possible and teaching them to live in the pink skied world of the commune.
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:16 am
That’s pretty cold. If I were a betting man I would bet that the parent – child relationship is permantly damagesd.
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:27 am
That’s funny, saturday I bought a couple of nerf guns to start teaching my two (3 and 6, but mostly the 6 because the 3 isn’t quite ready yet) proper firearm handling techniques and sight alignment/sight picture. Now if only those damn things didn’t have such crappy sights.
You can pry my kid’s toy guns out of their…. well, no you can’t, because if you get that close to my kids with ill intent you’ll be busy trying to keep the red stuff on the inside. 🙂
Protecting my kids IS my happy thought, now where the hell is Peter Pan and that fairy so that I can fly?
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December 22nd, 2010 at 11:29 am
From the article: “Diane Levin, professor of education at Wheelock College, said police and parents coming together to destroy toy guns sends a powerful message to children.”
The above comment is the money quote to me. This “program” isn’t about guns so much as it is about indoctrination/behavior modification. Yes, let’s focus on an inanimate object rather than the real cause of our suffering. We used to do the same thing by “destroying” the real culprit, the criminal. Why is there no enthusiasm for putting murderers in the magic feel good destructo-machine? I know that I would feel better seeing a murderer put to death, never to bother civil society again.
Hey, here’s an idea; could we apply this idea to Congress? Substitute the word guns or firearms in the article with “CONGRESS” and it works just as well!
To those that think that this is no big deal, or that we “bible-thumpin’ gun-lovers” in Jesusland are overreacting I ask you to think about this; what if this were a program to discourage homosexuality by destroying Culture Club, Elton John, or George Michael CDs? Look at the destructive lifestyle and show me why a society would want to encourage it? Queue the “Your a homophobe!” comments in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…..
Would such a program end homosexuality? Of course not. We might, however, “feel better” since feelings are what matter in today’s world.
Ok, if you don’t like that example, try this one on for size. Imagine if the school had a program to discourage out-of-wedlock births. The financial, criminal, and societal damage wrought by a cavalier and ever tolerant attitude toward illegitimacy FAR outweighs the damage caused by criminals using firearms.
Pick your favorite left-wing sacred cow and substitute it for the children’s gun destruction program and you should get my point.
Merry Christmas
W
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:35 am
I wouldn’t get my son a toy gun until he was old enough to start understanding muzzle control, etc. He’d still use sticks or whatever. Now he’s fond of airsoft, and as soon as I’m able, I’m setting up a target range in the backyard (for me too). Something’s come loose in these peoples’ brains.
December 22nd, 2010 at 12:14 pm
“He looked at her stonily and left to retrieve his gift.”
An eight year old.
His other damaged her son’s trust in her and took his innocence away, all because of adult stupidity. HIS PARENTS BOUGHT THAT TOY GUN. What kind of mixed messages is this child getting? Poor kid. If I was an uncle, I would be getting that kid a BB gun…..
December 22nd, 2010 at 12:15 pm
“Bash-O-Matic, a large black, foam creature with churning metal teeth and the shape of a cockroach spliced with a frog.”
Go stick your hands into the ugly monster’s mouth. Let it eat your toy. Oh and if someone tries to molest you, don’t bother fighting back. Did you grow a pair? Shame on you. Put those in the monster’s mouth, too. Mommy loves you NOW.
December 22nd, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Just keeps getting better and better:
“Yesterday, younger children ran through a rubber obstacle course while officials told the older children the story of a 14-year-old boy who police nearly shot after they confused his air pistol with a real gun.”
Turn in your toys or the cops will shoot you.
“In kindergarten, he brought a pop gun to school and shot at a classmate when the child refused to return his toy truck. The police and representatives of the state’s children services department rushed to the school, and the boy was expelled.”
What about Homeland Security? The FBI? The CIA? The National Guard? The Thought Police?
“When kids are getting all kinds of other messages about guns, it’s a more complicated issue than just having one day about how guns are bad.”
Lets make sure that the loudest message is the social engineering one.
December 22nd, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Wonder if they plan on heading to Atlanta to stop TBS from airing their Christmas Eve Holiday Marathon Movie “A Christmas Story”. God forbid if a kid gets hold of a Red Ryder BB Gun! It might send the wrong message!
December 22nd, 2010 at 12:40 pm
And just like at real gun buy ups, the smart money was buying up junk to trade in for good toys.
“Some parents confessed that they bought guns just a couple of days before the event so their children could get a gift …”
December 22nd, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Someday, many years from now, Malik’s mother will be dependent on her son.
I suspect that he will still remember this day, although she won’t – at least at first.
December 22nd, 2010 at 2:08 pm
I saw that article a few days ago.
Left out of the article: how many of the families at that event were single-moms and their kids?
December 22nd, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Where were the parents who might have claimed that this is a religious demonstration? Of course, such behavior as destroying toy weapons is cult behavior, and is probably banned by local ordinances.
When are people going to start to THINK?
December 22nd, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I am not in favor of toy guns. Guns are not toys. And I want my daughter to know the four rules before she turns nine in March and I buy her a real .22.
But these morons are coming from 180 degrees opposite direction. Morons.
December 22nd, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Gudrun Ensslin. She always was against toy guns in kindergardens and aggressive games. And what? She tooks this “evil guns” and become terrorist at last.
You think THEY are different? Holi shit. NO. They not against weapon at all. They against YOUR guns.
December 22nd, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Welcome to our galactic over lords.
December 22nd, 2010 at 3:00 pm
I would say what my reaction to this was, but it’s better that I don’t.
December 22nd, 2010 at 3:52 pm
What “the pistolero” said but with exclamation marks.
I taught my kids to shoot as soon as I felt they were old enough to understand the safety instructions and be responsible. Now, my youngest daughter (19) asked me for a Henry lever action .22 for Christmas. Like most dads, I am wrapped about my daughters fingers, so guess what will be under the tree Christmas morning?
You bet..
December 22nd, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Wheelock College?
Irony!
December 22nd, 2010 at 7:01 pm
When those kids (that one anyhow) grow-up, they will not go to visit their smugly superior VINDICTIVE parents at Christmas.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:10 pm
“Diane Levin, professor of education at Wheelock College, said police and parents coming together to destroy toy guns sends a powerful message to children.”
Oh, she sent a message all right. Just not the one she thinks.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:39 pm
The principle said it sent a powerful message to the kids. It did. The message it sent is their school is run by a power mad leftie idiot, more worried about propaganda and indoctrination than education.
I had plenty of toy guns when I was growing up, Among my favorites was a tommie gun, generally used when playing war, and a Man From UNCLE gun, with lots of cool attachments. It didn’t turn me into either a criminal, or a mad shooter. In fact, I dont own a gun today, but that doesn’t stop me from respecting gun rights for others. The interesting thing is my parents never had any real guns, but that didn’t stop them from getting me the toy guns I wanted.
I pity kids today. Parents and schools in too many places have gone insane. Hopefully, the kids will overcome this idocy, and grow up to be responsible, freedom loving, adults. Fortunately, kids are often pretty good at spotting idiocy and propaganda, so I think there is still a chance for them.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
“The 26-year-old mother of six…”
I think I see a large part of the problem here.
December 22nd, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Brainwashing children against the Second Amendment. Sick.
December 22nd, 2010 at 10:56 pm
“Diane Levin, professor of education at Wheelock College, said police and parents coming together to destroy toy guns sends a powerful message to children.”
I think she sent precisely the message she wanted to, that the State should have a monopoly on violence.
December 22nd, 2010 at 10:58 pm
In medieval times, if someone cut off their own foot with an axe, the axe was destroyed as punishment for its evil.
Today, we see a return to the medieval mentality of superstitions.
December 23rd, 2010 at 1:57 am
“Diane Levin, professor of education at Wheelock College, said police and parents coming together to destroy toy guns sends a powerful message to children.”
I have news for Diane – the message the kids will take home from this is likely not what she expects. I’m pretty sure they are pissed – pissed at people like her and the numbskull parents who went along with this charade. From memory, people like her also claimed that eliminating corporal punishment in schools would reduce violence in society – and that hasn’t panned out either. Do these imbeciles ever learn?
December 23rd, 2010 at 8:32 am
I will refrain from saying what I really think about this event, lest somebody accuse me of being some kind of white nationalist.
December 23rd, 2010 at 8:37 am
“Diane Levin, Professor of Education” Bwahahaha!
December 23rd, 2010 at 10:58 am
Diane Levin, professor of education at Wheelock College, said police and parents coming together to destroy toy guns sends a powerful message to children.
Yes, it says “my mother is an idiot” very clearly. It’s almost like they wanted to traumatize the children.
December 23rd, 2010 at 8:58 pm
When I was a kid, I had some very realistic toy guns. I mind my SAA replica, which had the loading gate, and all, into which I could load “cartridges” which when I pulled the trigger shot the spring-loaded plastic “bullet” through the barrel. I also had a very realistic Winchester-like toy gun with a tubular magazine which worked just like the real one, with its own loading gate into which I could insert the same “cartridges.”
December 26th, 2010 at 9:48 am
The effect of forcing this kind of humiliation and emotional pain on these little boys will be to ensure that they grow up to be angry, resentful, die-hard, NRA members.
These boys will remember for the rest of their lives how they were abused by having their toy guns taken from them and destroyed by socialist creeps and they will act accordingly as adults.
These left-fist sociopaths can’t get at real gun owners, so they act out their aggression by dominating little boys. It’s child abuse in the name of political correctness, but one has to remember that this is also exactly what they want to do adults who own guns. Just like they did with their total handgun ban in Britain, the AW ban in California, handgun ban in D.C., etc. – leftists have a history of gun bans and restrictions from which they cannot hide.
December 27th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
My son, dressed up as a shepherd and with a yardstick for a shepherd’s crook, was using the yardstick as a gun as he and his brother fought off the bad guys. Last Christmas, when we couldn’t find a gift for the baby Jesus, my son suggested giving him his new cap gun.
Priceless!