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AndyS

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57. Hmmm, virtually nil. Not nil but close to nil. I ask again, if 40-50 toddlers shoot themselves

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 06:46 PM

Jul 2021

or others every year is a product like this likely to increase or decrease that number. But like I said, kids don't seem to matter 'cause we can just make more.

Keep posting, you're making a great case for gunners' humanity.

Fun fact! Most toddler injuries are to themselves because their index fingers aren't strong enough to pull the trigger so they use their thumbs which points the gun at their chest and face.

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Just how greedy do you have to be? [View all] AndyS Jul 2021 OP

Mom is going to be real aggravated when she gets shot by her toddler Walleye Jul 2021 #1

Right? WTF kind of statement is that? JFC. LymphocyteLover Jul 2021 #23

"what is wrong with us?" NewHendoLib Jul 2021 #2

Each day we become dumber than the day before. Pepsidog Jul 2021 #3

Done a little investigative journalism...... KS Toronado Jul 2021 #4

Is that a toy gun that looks like a real gun or twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #5

What is wrong with them? n/t Harker Jul 2021 #6

They get kids killed? Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #41

I meant that I'm not one of "them", and reject the use of "us" in the OP. Harker Jul 2021 #42

But wait, there's more.... twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #7

That thing is only 3 inches. secondwind Jul 2021 #13

There are full sized ones. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #19

And this..... twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #34

She said. twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #27

So if you had your way, you'd ban every single toy gun as well? ansible Jul 2021 #8

Really? That's all ya' got? AndyS Jul 2021 #29

You didn't need to be so polite in your response twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #35

A knee jerk reaction to a (perceived) knee jerk reaction. AndyS Jul 2021 #37

Yep twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #39

Airsoft "guns" are toys. BB and pellet guns are not. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #46

Like the airsoft guns the replica bb guns are not lethal, not designed to be lethal and cannot be AndyS Jul 2021 #49

The gun nuts who claim they "back the blue"... Mister Ed Jul 2021 #9

"Some cultures need to die.." hay rick Jul 2021 #10

3-2-1 wait until we hear the story in the news of a child finding that gun and shooting someone kimbutgar Jul 2021 #11

They stopped selling this kit within days of its announcement. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #12

And your point is? Please proceed . . . AndyS Jul 2021 #21

My point is that given the undoubtedly tiny amount of such guns sold (if any), that the poster to Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #24

Ah, so you do realize that there was that possibility. What the heck, why worry about only one AndyS Jul 2021 #26

The poster seems to think that a child will almost certainly shoot someone with this "Lego gun" any Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #45

Well, between 40 and 50 toddlers under 4 years old shoot themselves or others every year. AndyS Jul 2021 #47

Given that the gun in question was only for sale for a few days and was made by a small custom Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #55

Hmmm, virtually nil. Not nil but close to nil. I ask again, if 40-50 toddlers shoot themselves AndyS Jul 2021 #57

I think it will likely be nil, although there's no way to know short of such an incident actually Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #59

You can buy the LEGO plastic by the sheet TexasBushwhacker Jul 2021 #15

I was going to say something about "shooting your eye out". AndyS Jul 2021 #18

A child would want to play with that. 'It's a toy.' keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #14

BB guns have looked like real guns for many decades. Kaleva Jul 2021 #16

Men have been beating their wives for even longer so AndyS Jul 2021 #20

Do you have anything useful at all Disaffected Jul 2021 #36

Right back at'cha AndyS Jul 2021 #38

An analogy that doesn't work. Kaleva Jul 2021 #50

I don't understand what you're talking about 🤷‍♂️ AndyS Jul 2021 #51

I just edited my post. Read it again. Kaleva Jul 2021 #52

Oh! I get it now! two or three dozen people aren't enough to care about is that it? AndyS Jul 2021 #53

You agree then that your analogy doesn't work? Kaleva Jul 2021 #54

Actually you missed the point entirely so I'll try to explain it to you. AndyS Jul 2021 #58

Air pistols such as the Daisy pictured above serve a very practical purpose. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #17

I invite you to extoll those virtues to the parents of Tamir Rice or AndyS Jul 2021 #25

I would no more do so than I would extol the virtues of a particular alcoholic beverage to a parent Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #44

I will let the other readers decide that for themselves. Again, thanks for your post. AndyS Jul 2021 #48

Decide what, exactly? Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #56

Hands down, one of the best posts I've ever read. Thank you! n/t slumcamper Jul 2021 #22

Absolutely one of the most eye opening post that I've seen at DU. trickyguy Jul 2021 #28

I've seen cell phone cases made to look like a gun. alphafemale Jul 2021 #30

The goal must be to have more children killed by cops iemanja Jul 2021 #31

O. M. G. calimary Jul 2021 #32

I'm waiting for the "Lincoln Logs" wrapper for an RPG Layzeebeaver Jul 2021 #33

What Is Wrong With US?!?!? h2ebits Jul 2021 #40

My dear h2, you've a better handle on the topic than most of us. AndyS Jul 2021 #43