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Member of Mothers Against Violence
Yes, these items can be sold to the interested consumer. Some parents see no harm in their children pretending. However, I am not one of those parents. I do not scold my son for pretending to have a gun but he pretends with "other" toys. He uses his imagination and pretends with the guitar that we bought him or one of my hair rollers and a stick. He pretends to be a soldier or a policeman. There are no stick up games.
The reason why I feel that the toys can/should continue to be sold is because again parents should be free to make their own decisions.
My son wore Luvs instead of Pampers. I would have been upset if someone told me my child had to wear Pampers. So we cannot make the decision what toys another person's child should play with. As Americans we have seen the horror associated with guns and I feel that these toys should not be so "realistic." Again I think that a child's most used play thing should be his/her imagination.
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