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Excerpted from The Daily Caller: Wishing Americans a happy Father’s Day, the White House tweeted a picture of President Obama and one of his daughters playing with toy water pistols.
The Tweet comes at a time when several schools around the country—fearful that such toys make kids more prone to violent behavior—have launched trade-in programs that encourage children to exchange their harmless toy guns for chances to win prizes, like books and bicycles.
One such trade-in took place last weekend at Strobridge Elementary in California. Principal Chris Hill, who organized the event, explained that toy guns desensitize kids toward gun violence.
“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 in a statement to Mercury News.
Earlier this year, a California activist named Jerry Rubin ramped up his efforts to dissuade parents from buying toy guns for their children.
Children who bring toy guns to school have met with severe punishments as of late. A Maryland kindergartner who took his cap gun on the bus was interrogated by administrators until he peed his pants, and then suspended for 10 days. Cap guns have bright, colorful tips to distinguish them from real guns, and make a popping noise when fired.
Not only does he play with toy guns, but he lets his kids play with them too!
One such trade-in took place last weekend at Strobridge Elementary in California. Principal Chris Hill, who organized the event, explained that toy guns desensitize kids toward gun violence.
Originally posted by Agit8dChop
What a (*^@ pathetic excuse for a topic.
Really... the presidents playing with a water pistol while his child is in the pool?
Originally posted by butcherguy
In this day, with children being punished and expelled for having a Poptart that looks like a gun, or making a pointy finger sign that looks like a gun.....
What does the President do on Father's Day?
Not only does he play with toy guns, but he lets his kids play with them too!
I thought guns were bad, Mr President. I guess the standards that he wants the 'little people' to live by don't apply to him or his family though.
Do as I say, not as I do, I guess?
Originally posted by swanne
reply to post by butcherguy
I dunno but that doesn't look like the white house to me. And the "super controversial gun" is a water gun.
Not only does he play with toy guns, but he lets his kids play with them too!
Well what you'd expect? Toy water guns are meant for kids in the first place, you know. They are supposed to play with them. Otherwise you miss the whole point of a "toy water gun".
edit on 17-6-2013 by swanne because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by GMan420
This picture is at least a year old.
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