Impureclient
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Toy gun buy back........:banghead:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23406432/hayward-school-sponsors-toy-gun-exchange
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23406432/hayward-school-sponsors-toy-gun-exchange
Indoctrination, plain and simple. Use of taxpayer dollars to promote a blatantly partisan political agenda to CHILDREN. Disgraceful. Ought to be illegal.
We do want children to think guns are cool. The same way we want them to think seat belts, fire extinguishers and life jackets are cool.Indoctrination, plain and simple. Use of taxpayer dollars to promote a blatantly partisan political agenda to CHILDREN. Disgraceful. Ought to be illegal.
Will they remove each child's thumb and index finger?
Sadly, I would not be surprised it this has been looked into in a gubment study.That's right, hoplodigitomy will be the #1 violence-eradication procedure for the new century, mandated by executive decree. Lobotomy and electrical shock had been seriously considered as alternatives, but were determined to be redundant due to the effectiveness of the modern school curriculum.
HAYWARD -- An elementary school will hold a toy gun exchange Saturday, offering students a book and a chance to win a bicycle if they turn in their play weapons.
Strobridge Elementary Principal Charles Hill maintains that children who play with toy guns may not take real guns seriously. "Playing with toys guns, saying 'I'm going to shoot you,' desensitizes them, so as they get older, it's easier for them to use a real gun," Hill said
I have quite a bit of scrap lumber (1/2" and 3/4" MDF, mostly) and a jigsaw in my garage. If lived in this school district, I would happily send my child to school with a backpack full of functional rubberband guns.