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Peter Funt\u2019s recent Washington Post<\/em> article<\/a> is total garbage, but he\u2019s right about one thing: our kids will determine the future of Second Amendment rights in our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funt calls for toy sellers to \u201cdisarm\u201d for the holidays. He finds toy guns \u201crepulsive,\u201d and he calls on Amazon and other merchants to \u201cback off\u201d on selling \u201cthe most realistic and daunting toy weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To his credit, everything in his article prior to this conclusion works to invalidate it. He admits that Michael Thompson\u2019s 2009 book, \u201cIt\u2019s a Boy,\u201d concludes that there\u2019s \u201cno scientific evidence\u201d to suggest that playing with toy guns in childhood leads to \u201creal-life aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also admits that he himself played with toy revolvers as a child and those experiences \u201cdidn\u2019t promote an interest in firearms later in life.\u201d \u201cIndeed,\u201d he continues, \u201cI came to favor stricter gun regulations, and my kids never owned guns of any kind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If modern science has found no connection between toy guns and real-world violence, and Funt himself hasn\u2019t found such a connection in his personal life, what\u2019s the problem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem, as usual, is \u201cmilitary-style\u201d toy firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six-shooters are fine, but toys that mimic 1911s, AK-47s, and Barrett sniper rifles are totally off the table, Funt says. These toys should be banned because, unlike revolvers, which have never hurt anyone, these real-life firearms have killed people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The piece makes very little sense and is obviously the result of the conflict between Funt\u2019s fond childhood memories and his current distaste for guns and \u201cgun culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he does make one point that gun owners should note. After calling for a toy gun ban, he wonders, \u201cMaybe the long-term approach to modifying gun culture could start with kids and their toys.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Dr. Oz Is Running for U.S. Senate as a \u2018Conservative Republican,\u2019 Is He Pro-Gun Enough?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toy gun bans like those in New York<\/a> aren\u2019t only designed to avoid tragic misunderstandings between police and kids who should know better. These bans are designed to change \u201cgun culture\u201d from the bottom up. Anti-gun forces hope that by limiting kids\u2019 access to realistic-looking toy guns, they can choke off any interest in firearms before it matures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This might sound far-fetched, but the inverse is totally true. If we don\u2019t instill in our kids a deep appreciation for the Second Amendment, other forces in our society will be more than happy to fill the void. If we don\u2019t include our kids in age-appropriate shooting activities, the broader culture will push them away from the shooting sports and towards more socially acceptable pastimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong: I wouldn\u2019t enroll your six-year-old in the next 3-gun competition. But I\u2019m getting my kid his first BB gun this Christmas. He already knows the four gun-safety rules by heart, and I\u2019ll be supervising him until he\u2019s older and more responsible (and able to pump the gun by himself).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully, he\u2019ll have a positive experience with his BB gun and grow up to be a responsible, knowledgeable gun owner who will pass on those values to his own children. At the very least, I doubt he\u2019ll end up calling for toy gun bans in the Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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