“I learned that you shouldn’t have guns and stuff,” Tarence said. “It gives kids an education not to play with bad things.”
We are going to have to flood the streets with toy guns to counter this movement.
We are going to have to flood the streets with toy guns to counter this movement.
Gun buyback for kids? It's about toys... and pizza
The idea was simple: Don’t let kids get used to firing weapons, even if they’re toys. “It makes them too comfortable, holding that gun,” said Leonard Lane, president of Fathers Armed Together to Help, Educate, Restore and Save. “Then there’s no fear holding the real gun when they get older. We want to put that fear back into our children, teaching them what guns can do, how they affect their community.”
“A toy gun today, a real gun tomorrow,” said Charles Cina, owner of Bona Pizza. “That’s what we want to stop.”