To men: When you were little boys playing with toy guns did you grow up to be a murderer or violent ?

Question

Some "People" acts like it is wrong for a kid to play with a toy gun and that it promotes violence so i am asking when you were a little kid (male or female) did you grow up to be a violent person and kill people?
(I played with toy guns when i was little and i am a non-violent person that has never ever been in trouble)

Answer 1

No they didn't !!
that is only the silly feminists trying to feminise all the males
males are the protectors & the hunters & need to act like a male when growing up It does not make them violent or killers
that is caused by bad parents & neglect of the child

Answer 2

Lets face it, if every person, male or female, that grew up playing with play guns and knives, swords and whatever else, ended up being violent, well, we would have a world overwhelmed by serial killers.
I had more guns than I could count, as did my brothers, and every kid in the neighborhood. I grew up in the 60's and we left the doors open, keys in the ignition, played with guns, even started a few fires in the yard, not a great idea unsupervised however, and not one person I know ever killed anyone or had any violent personality quirks as a result.
Some of my most joyful memories are from playing army with friends in and around the neighborhood, which we did frequently. I do have a few guns today, haven't even seen them in some time, but the point is that I have never wanted to shoot anyone.
That, as far as I am concerned is a wives tale. It has a great deal more to do with the environment the child is raised around. If you raise a child around violence, condone it or even encourage it, you will raise a person that has violent tendencies. But if you raise a child in a nurturing environment, teach right from wrong, you will have few problems down the road.

Answer 3

Not at all. I grew up, as many of the previous people, playing soldiers with the other kids in my street either with cap guns or water pistols. I also had alot of experience on my uncle's farm hunting rabbits with small calibre rifles. The only thing this did was give me a greater respect for weapons and knowledge of how much damage they can do.
I have never been a violent person even when I've been drunk so to say that toys,TV or even music can turn people violent or into murderers is ridiculous.

Answer 4

Even though you're wanting male answers, I figured I'd answer anyway. I grew up with several toy guns- cap guns, mostly, but also water gins, dart guns, and those ones that just made noises when you pulled the trigger. Not only that, but I grew up in a household that held real working guns. But my parents were responsible with them. They taught us how to properly hold a gun, how to check that the safety was on before you touched it, how to always point it at the ground even if it wasn't loaded, and how to shoot it. They kept all of the guns and ammunition locked up, where we could not access it without adult supervision.

Thinking that being exposed to things like guns and video games is what causes people to turn out violent is a misconception. It is the failure to learn right from wrong, real from fantasy, proper anger management, moral values, and responsibility for not only your own actions, but also the actions of your children is what causes problems like violence.

And really, if you take something away from a kid, doesn't it make it all the more alluring? Think, how many times as a kid did you want something just because you knew you weren't supposed to have it?

Answer 5

I have turned out the same as you but i have not grown up in a society where guns are prevelant in society (i live in australia).

However i probably won't let my kids play with the realistic cowboy and machine guns that i played with as a kid, simply because i don't think it is a good look seeing kids running around firing these guns at each other or anyone else. I would probably let them play with water pistols or something less violent and more 'fun' (please don't interpret that the wrong way)

I don't think toy guns have anything to do with whether a person is going to grow up to become a mass murderer or not and those who blame video games or movies for violent crime are silly. Anyone who comits a crime because of a video game probably has such a low IQ that they would have gone and committed the crime if someone told them to any way.

wow, there goes my life story

Answer 6

I blame the media for putting these ideas in people's heads. I played with guns as a kid, and I had many of them. Machine guns, pistols, etc. but as an adult I have never touched a gun, never been violent, never gotten arrested or caused trouble of any kind. I believe the parents should be responsible for teaching their children about morals, values, and how to tell between make belief and reality. We should stop blaming toys and video games, and learn to take responsibility ourselves.

Answer 7

Studies have shown that little BOYS will chose to play with a gun over any other kind of toy given the option. Genetically boys are just different, as they are different chemically, emotionally, physically etc. etc.... whether we like to admit it or not. SO basically, keeping little boys from playing with guns is just an exercise in futility! However, as a mother, I must say that although I didn't STOP IT with my son - I DIDN't give him a million guns and I didn't provide even MORE violent and weapon promoting games, movies, activities and events which I THINK is where the violence stems from. Just harmless play with toys like that hurts NO ONE in my opinion. BEING surrounded by endless streams of guns, war-fare videos & games, movies, hunting, and other violent images & things does the job though in time. My son gets a kick out of such video games and events now but it does NOT totally encompass WHO HE IS like it does with some boys. I think 'moderation in all things" is the key.

Answer 8

I also have played with toy guns and stuff like that but the biggest thing is for the parent to teach the child the difference between play and whats real. Because if not taught they will do something by accident that could have been prevented

Answer 9

I played with guns when I was a kid. We used to play "war" on the streets in our neighborhood. I've never touched a gun since then. I consider myself pretty non-violent, have never hit another person in anger, and I'm not prone to violent outbursts. I don't own a gun now...never intend to own a gun ever....But then I'm not a man...LOL

Answer 10

I loved toy guns as a kid, I also used to like those candy cigarettes too, and my grandma said it was aweful because I would grow up to be a smoker. I am not a smoker and I don't going around shooting anything with a gun.