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Largest manufacturer of guns to underage minors (Original Post) ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 OP
I support ... holdencaufield Sep 2012 #1
A whole new generation of rude baser toters. ileus Sep 2012 #2
Fascinating! I had no idea that foam blasters had become such a huge industry... petronius Sep 2012 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Simo 1939_1940 Sep 2012 #4
We only need to ban "assault" nerf guns... MercutioATC Sep 2012 #5
Bu-bu-bu-but.... the first one has a CLIP!!1!1!! ZOMG!!1!!!11! n/t PavePusher Sep 2012 #6
I'm sure we can ... holdencaufield Sep 2012 #7
If they are not being used for hunting are NERF weapons needed at all? ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 #8
There's no problem unless... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #11
A couple of ours have shoulder thingies. jeepnstein Sep 2012 #14
Do it for the children. discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #15
Nobody needs to shoot foam darts... Clames Sep 2012 #9
When will they learn? discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #10
I was over at a friend's house a few years ago rrneck Sep 2012 #12
My ten year old sons... jeepnstein Sep 2012 #13
I need nerf grenades! discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #16
Buy it at a toy show ... holdencaufield Sep 2012 #17
Can't I just... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #18

Response to ProgressiveProfessor (Original post)

 

MercutioATC

(28,470 posts)
5. We only need to ban "assault" nerf guns...
Sun Sep 9, 2012, 11:44 PM
Sep 2012

We'll allow people to own this one...




...but this one is inherently more evil and dangerous because it looks scary.

 

holdencaufield

(2,927 posts)
7. I'm sure we can ...
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:54 AM
Sep 2012

... come to a "common-sense" ban on Nerf Assault weapons just as soon as we've analyzed the cyclical rates, muzzle velocities, and magazine capacities .

After all -- does anyone really NEED more an 10-round capacity on a Nerf weapon?

jeepnstein

(2,631 posts)
14. A couple of ours have shoulder thingies.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:43 PM
Sep 2012

I don't even want to imagine a Nerf Bayonet charge. Oh, the horror.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,475 posts)
10. When will they learn?
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 10:24 AM
Sep 2012
Hasbro’s marketing people had been asking their target customers—boys ages 8 to 16—what they wanted out of a blaster, and the boys always said the same two things: more distance and more ammo capacity.


They don't seem to realize that the Nerf-Rifle-Association lobby doesn't represent them but only those evil folks at Hasbro.

rrneck

(17,671 posts)
12. I was over at a friend's house a few years ago
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:24 PM
Sep 2012

and his 10 year old daughter and her friend were playing in the yard. We live in a very liberal community and my friend is a dyed in the wool card carrying fourteen carat gold started a commune in the sixties Buddhist hippie. A more anti weapon milieu there does not exist on the planet. But we looked outside and the girls had found a couple of sticks and were sword fighting with them.

We're much more like chimps than bonobos.

jeepnstein

(2,631 posts)
13. My ten year old sons...
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:42 PM
Sep 2012

can clear a stair well with their Nerfs. It's always fun to watch them with their buddies when they decide on a cold winter's day to play Nerf in the house. The screaming usually starts when the kid at the top of the stair well learns what suppressive fire is all about. You just have to make it to the top before the big shooter with the drum magazine runs dry. If we had a Nerf Grenade we could do it much more efficiently.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,475 posts)
16. I need nerf grenades!
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 08:44 PM
Sep 2012

Problem is I've been caught red handed feeding my carrots to the dog. I'll need to find a straw buyer; hmmm, perhaps my daughter...

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,475 posts)
18. Can't I just...
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 09:47 PM
Sep 2012

...buy them off the internet? I need to go out of state anyway cause I live in NJ. Their known to ban some toys here.

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