Informal poll of buffista parents: squirt guns yes or no? I stepped in it today by mentioning that I could buy one for G because I told him that I would buy him something if he was good and it is a gazillion degrees today. But I was told by H that nothing that anything even vaguely gun-like is unacceptable. So I was just wondering how many other toes I may have stepped on in the past by buying kids squirt guns.
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sj - Jul 13, 2012 11:35:23 am PDT #16979 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Hil R. - Jul 13, 2012 11:47:34 am PDT #16980 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm not a parent, but my parents had no-guns rules when I was a kid, and that included squirt guns. We had squirty things that were shaped like elephants, and the water came out the trunk. We sometimes played with squirt guns at other kids' houses, though, and I don't remember my parents ever making a fuss about it.
DavidS - Jul 13, 2012 11:52:47 am PDT #16981 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Emmett's mom had a no-gun toys rule. But I did not and we had many many enjoyable battles with Nerf dart guns and (on rare hot days in SF) with squirt guns. It's fun.
Emmett is still not a homicidal maniac.
sj - Jul 13, 2012 12:00:38 pm PDT #16982 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
We had squirty things that were shaped like elephants, and the water came out the trunk.
I got the impression that these were out too. I don't remember anyone making a big deal out of them when I was a kid as long as they weren't the black ones that actually looked like guns.
le nubian - Jul 13, 2012 12:02:50 pm PDT #16983 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I don't like those realistic looking squirt guns that have a black barrel. I mean really.
meara - Jul 13, 2012 12:16:29 pm PDT #16984 of 30001
Yeah, I can see objecting to the realistic-looking ones (if for no other reason than that there have been horrible stories about cops and the fake guns and tragic results), but I wouldn't be a parent who was all "No nerf guns! No squirt guns! Nothing gun-ish!" so who knows
sj - Jul 13, 2012 12:20:16 pm PDT #16985 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
le nubian, ITA. I was talking about something that looked like this.
Glamcookie - Jul 13, 2012 12:22:18 pm PDT #16986 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
sj, you could do squirt gun like thingys rather than actual guns. Like you can get these at Target (2 for $10): [link]
Hil R. - Jul 13, 2012 12:25:57 pm PDT #16987 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The ones we had were sort of like this [link] (not exactly -- they were bigger and shaped a bit differently -- but the same general idea.)
sj - Jul 13, 2012 12:29:33 pm PDT #16988 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj, you could do squirt gun like thingys rather than actual guns. Like you can get these at Target (2 for $10): [link]
Thanks, GC and Hil. I'm not actually looking for an alternative right now, I was just curious what the consensus is, but I did get the impression that even those kind of things would be unacceptable.