Weasel Zippers is all over this stupid stunt. When Conservatives accuse the Left of being ALL about feelings, these are the types of things we mean!
(Boston Globe) — Dominic Johnson, a 10-year-old fourth-grader with a fledgling Mohawk, brandished his black, long-nosed toy gun and caressed the muzzle appreciatively.“It’s like a shotgun mixed with a rifle,’’ he said, as his mother, April, told him to stop pointing it at nearby children.
Soon it would be junk.
Dominic joined dozens of children yesterday at the annual Toy Gun Bash in the gymnasium of Pleasant View Elementary School. There, they lined up to toss their toy guns, from dainty purple water guns to camouflage-painted pistols, inside the Bash-O-Matic, a large black, foam creature with churning metal teeth and the shape of a cockroach spliced with a frog.
Prodded by Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, who wore a fuzzy Santa hat, the children stared curiously as the Bash-O-Matic mashed up their guns and digested them into a plastic bin near its tail. “He ate it,’’ squealed one delighted little girl.
’Tis the season for joy, peace, and grinding up plastic, orange-tipped AK-47s.
For seven years, Providence municipal and law enforcement officials have organized the event around Christmastime as a way to raise awareness of the dangers of playing with guns, real or fake. The event is a mix of the macabre and the playful, a children’s version of the gun buyback program in which adults trade firearms for gift certificates.
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.
In exchange for their toy guns, all the children received wrapped presents that were indisputably not violent — dolls, stuffed animals, and board games like checkers.
Some children were not thrilled with the trade.
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 .
Hall said she had no regrets. The 26-year-old mother of six said she has been trying to wean her only son off toy guns for years. In kindergarten, he brought a pop gun to school and shot at a classmate when the child refused to return his toy truck.
See, all emotionalistic nonsense! Nothing real or substantive at all.
darcprynce
Dave C
Gatordoug
This level of failure threatens to violate the laws of physics.
Hey, I thought our schools had a zero-tolerance policy on guns, to include toy guns? WTF are they doing promoting these kids bringing guns into school? This might traumatize our youth. Oh wait, that policy is for everyday except this one. My bad.
Moral lesson to our kids – you must ALWAYS follow the rules the government lays down for you, unless the government breaks them, then its okay.
Training them early for submission. Next thing you know, they’ll encourage the kids to turn in their parents’ guns for destruction in exchange for a cookie. Or reporting that their parents own guns.
BTW, Merry Christmas Ed and Doug! God bless all of us clingers!
More of these stupid poppycock from the stupid liberals who want all boys to play with dumb pink monkey dolls These stupid ideas are just more proof just how rediculous these liberal pacisists pansies are getting with thier silly feel good poppycock bull kaka