Thursday, July 12, 2007

Guns Are Not Toys, But Toy Guns are Still Toys

New Jersey Senator Nicholas P. Scutari (D) is proposing new legislation to

...make it illegal to sell or give to anyone under age 18 toy guns that look so realistic they can be mistaken for a real firearm.

Let’s review Scutari’s muddled reasoning for this.

"The margin between a child’s stupid mistake and a tragic ending is far too thin,” said Sen. Nicholas Scutari.

Note, please, that Scutari places the blame for a child possibly being shot by a law enforcement agent, because they are in possession of a toy gun, squarely on a child’s shoulders, rather than on the shoulders of law enforcement whose sound judgment in performing their duties continually seem to be eroding.

Additionally, Scutari states the following as supposed reasonable justification for enacting such a law.

Scutari said the bill would help police and school officials figure out whether a firearm is either fake or real,...

So, if I understand the above correctly, banning the sale of toy guns to children under the age of 18 will miracuously “help police and school officials figure out whether a firearm is either fake or real.” Evidently, Scutari feels that after such legislation is enacted, if indeed it is enacted, any child with what appears to be a gun would not have a toy gun, but would automatically be considered to be carrying a fully functioning, bullet spewing firearm, thus enabling police and school officials to further shuck sound judgment and automatically consider any child who may have a toy gun as a lethal weapon carrying crazed killer.

Scutari does make one statement that indeed makes reasoned sense.

"We need to stress to our children that guns are not toys, but deadly weapons which should always be regarded with extreme caution and handled with respect,” Scutari said.

The above is true, but the method for instilling that into children is, as my brother the Wizard states, through training by parents who are involved in their children’s lives.

N.J. senator proposes toy gun ban

Posted by John Venlet on 07/12 at 08:18 AM
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