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Games - Should Kids Play War Games?

If you grew up in the early to late 60s youplay with guns they will grow up to play with
remember watching Vic Morrow in the greatreal guns. We have become so politically
series Combat. You were so taken by the hiscorrect that it has gotten to the point where
performance that if you were a normal kid,you can't even find guns in a toy store
you wanted to be Sergeant Saunders. And youanymore. Those days are long gone. So if a
got the chance to do it too. The toy storeskid wants to play army, he better have a very
were stocked to the rafters with Saundersgood imagination.The question is, is this
trademarked camouflaged helmet, Thompson Subright? Certainly not every kid who played
Machine Gun and hand grenades. The gun had awith guns grew up to become a killer. An
pull back knob that was quite realistic andassociate of mine had not only a Saunders
the gun made quite a racket when it was shot.Tommy Gun, but also a German Luger, an M1
The grenades were equipped with the oldrifle, a Colt 45 and quite a few hand
style cap explosives that also made quite agrenades. He says he had to have several
bang when the grenade hit the groundwhen attacking those German bunkers. Today,
correctly.Taking your equipment, you and yourthis kid who lived to play army, is a
friends made off for the nearest woods orsuccessful Internet marketer and has never
mazed area. You took turns hunting eachheld a real gun a day in his life.The truth
other down. Because nobody really got shot,is, it doesn't take a toy gun to turn a kid
you were pretty much on the honor system whenbad. If somebody is destined to turn to a
someone snuck up behind you, started shootinglife of crime, he's going to do it with or
and said, "you're dead". You were alwayswithout having played with toy guns. So the
tempted to say, "I'm just wounded" and walkquestion of whether or not kids should be
off to the aid station for a brief timeoutallowed to play war games is one that has to
until you were "healed" and ready to get backbe answered by each individual parent.
in the game. Nobody really died and theParents should make informed decisions about
games went on forever until you simply goteverything they allow or don't allow their
tired of playing or your mother called you inchildren to do. There is an old saying that
for dinner. It was all pretty harmlesssays guns don't kill, people kill. That was
fun.But, it's 40 years later and parents aretrue in the 1960s and it is true today as
wondering if they should let their kids playwell.Certainly toy guns don't kill anybody.
war games. They're afraid that if their kids



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