The Pros And Cons Of Toy Guns

Toy guns were created around eighteen sixty-five, following the Civil War and were intended for the playful use of children. By giving them an object similar to a real gun, it gave children an opportunity to escape the harsh aftermath of the war through pure imaginative roleplay including but not limited to: cops and robbers, war play, etc. Sadly, in today’s society the facetious nature of toy guns has been altered from what it was originally intended for. Because of the unforeseen affects it may cause, today’s negative perceptions of toy guns have forced us to carefully examine how we view our children possessing them. In the Op-Doc No Guns for Christmas we learn, through the unnecessary murder of two innocent black males, the immediate threat …show more content…
He responds, like most boy his age, with “a Gun.” Let’s take a minute to ponder on his answer. A four-year-old asking for a toy gun is something you would quickly shrug away and would not pay that much attention to. It seems like there would be no problem, he is just a kid what harm can it do? Unfortunately, being just a kid is not a reasonable enough excuse for having a toy gun when police officers perceive you as a threat. A young boy a few years older than the filmmakers’ grandson was just a kid also and because he had a toy gun he was killed. The young boy’s name was Tamir Rice, a twelve-year-old African American male from Cleveland, Ohio. Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a police officer while he was on his way home from the park. Whether Tamir was killed because of his dark skin and its association with gun violence, or because of an in the heat of the moment reaction¬¬ either way it was wrong. No matter the reason, Tamir’s death was a horrible tragedy that will forever be ingrained in American history and will not be forgotten. This gruesome event demonstrates the immoral ignorance of police officers who hastily fire their weapons but seldom try to resolve issues through operative