Happiness is a warm BB gun for Christmas?
Have you taken the kids to visit the Santa’s Wonderland at Bass Pro Shops at Savannah Mall?
It’s great because they have free photos with Santa on weekday evenings and on weekends, as well as fun kids games like remote control trucks, model trains, racetracks, a letter-to-Santa table, crafts etc. A little less appealing - for this non-gun-packing-mom at least - was the toy shooting range for kids.
Toy guns and kids is the topic of my newspaper column this week entitled “You’ll Shoot Your (Or Rudolph’s) Eye Out. Read it here. Would love to know what you think of the toy shooting ranges and whether you plan to or already have allowed your kids to play with BB guns? Do you find yourself quoting Ralphie’s mom in “A Christmas Story”: “You’ll shoot your eye out?” Or do you feel BB guns are safe and moms like me are overreacting?
December 7th, 2009 at 1:47 am
Bass Pro Shop is a sporting goods store specializing in hunting and fishing. I see nothing wrong with the store encouraging children to pursue hobbies in either. If folks have a problem with it, they should take their children to see Santa elsewhere.
December 7th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
There’s no way I’m allowing my baby boy to play with guns - real or pretend. Killing is not something that should ever be glorified. Even if it’s sugarcoated as a “sport” or “hunting.”