Sad isn't it? I had my own hatchet when I was 5 years old. It was my job to keep the kindling box full (for 25 cents a week) Of course every kid had a cap gun, even some of the girls (pretty hard to play Cowboys & Indians without one). We made our own bows and arrows when we were 8 or 9 years old. When I was 11 my dad gave me a Steven's single shot .22. That sucker put a lot of grouse on the table. It's sad the way kids live today...............getting eye strain off a f**king I Pod. It's criminal.
No but it's fun and you get some exercise unlike the couch potatoes today. The problem today is too many f**king idiots equate playing Cowboys & Indians with real war.
But it's okay for them to play the really violent video games!
I'm pretty sure playing with toy guns or imaginary guns isn't really very good preparation for war.
That's not the point. There's psychology at play here. You teach children that guns are evil, keep away from them, that is absorbed into the subconscious and it stays there. It's still there and causing inner conflict when the person grows up and goes into a career that involves carrying and using a gun.