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A Boring Dystopia

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I was a kid in the 70s. I played with toy guns. But this advertising... ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

https://www.amazon.com/Printed-Suitable-Relieving-Anxiety-BlueWhite/dp/B0CJVLQQSL/ (link only in case this seems too crazy to be true to you)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Imagine your kids get accustomed to playing with these, then someday they find mom's real 9mm that looks just like the toy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That would be irresponsible parenting and irresponsible gun ownership.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I'm sure that will provide lots of solace to the family.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Got my wife a pink Bersa Thunder for Christmas.

Know why? She doesn't feel as apprehensive about shooting it, won't touch my Colt .45 because heavy and black and scary. They kick about the same since the Colt is much heavier.

As I said in another comment, my kids got a lesson on guns that look like toys. Hell, 2 of mine are Tiffany blue. (It matches my kitchen, OK?)

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Easy to imagine. In their rush to make instruments of death less scary looking, they've made them less scary looking which seems like a bad thing, to me.