tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post3178956452844377510..comments2023-10-20T01:12:13.961-07:00Comments on Kenyankronikals: Of Guns And ...Not Roses!Anupamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130751396187374126noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-61035928614332931462012-04-11T10:54:47.604-07:002012-04-11T10:54:47.604-07:00Thanks you for following Lindsey!Thanks you for following Lindsey!Anupamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14130751396187374126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-68282859300225259582012-04-11T10:54:16.254-07:002012-04-11T10:54:16.254-07:00Thanks for following ms.composure!Will follow back...Thanks for following ms.composure!Will follow back!Anupamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14130751396187374126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-55447380090003538742012-04-11T10:52:57.906-07:002012-04-11T10:52:57.906-07:00Hi Kimberly!Thanks for reading!yes,my son is into ...Hi Kimberly!Thanks for reading!yes,my son is into a host of other activities!He would have given the taekwondo black belt exam had we remained in India this yr,he plays chess,is learning the guitar,takes tennis classes and art classes!Is only allowed an hour of TV on weekends and once in a while age appropriate PSP games!You must remember that we do not have easy access to guns in India so we do not face the same threats of a child laying his hands on a real gun!And as I said he is not allowed to point even his plastic toy gun at anyone!I say instinctive coz Ive never seen a girl playing with a toy gun but only boys!Anupamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14130751396187374126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-43478367085626285262012-04-11T10:44:30.019-07:002012-04-11T10:44:30.019-07:00Thanks for following,Kate!Will follow back!Thanks for following,Kate!Will follow back!Anupamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14130751396187374126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-88686962698468744682012-04-11T05:57:02.016-07:002012-04-11T05:57:02.016-07:00Hi New follower here stopping by from www.makeshif...Hi New follower here stopping by from www.makeshiftmummy.com I found this post really interesting and rather sweet that your son chose his father over a toy. When Youngling was playing a toy gun an older man came up to me telling me off for letting him play with such a horrible killing machine. I said in his defence that perhaps he will become a police man, or work for the army protecting our country and patrons against evil. The man did not reply and walked off grumbling. I think there is that to consider too. Thanks for sharing take care Kate xxKJB Pony Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504352633672623424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-78307975738503871262012-04-10T19:28:23.474-07:002012-04-10T19:28:23.474-07:00Hello from the hop today, just another mother litt...Hello from the hop today, just another mother littlecrunchy.com<br /><br /> I wanted to ask if you really think boys instinctively want to play with guns. It seemed like that was what your saying and I can't agree. Children was to imitate what they see, if they have seen glorified violence on TV with a gun, they might follow along during play time. I do agree that human beings have a instinct to protect what they see as theirs and to search for better than what they have. We have done this in so many ways, swords and such and now guns. There is nothing instinctive about guns though. Just another tool to fit a need. A tool I do not think children need to consider during play time personally. I have 4 children, one is a boy, none have instinctively sought out guns. Maybe though it is because Daddy is a soldier and has both used and been on the business side of such tools of violence and has made it clear that they kill people and there is nothing ok about that. Add to this my dislike of them around children and we have no gun toys beyond brightly colored squirt guns, we own no guns, and do not plan to. I grew up in a gun house hold, a responsible one by most accounts. Things locked up, gun safety taught at a young age, and while my father is still very responsible, my brother was not. He loved guns from a young age, he got angry easy, and pointed his pellet gun at me at the age of 10. My father found out and destroyed it and my brother was punished and further educated. Years went by and my brother went hunting more with our father, I choose to not go anymore. At 16 my brother broke into my fathers gun cabinet with a welding tool of some kind to take them. At 17 he robbed a store, and since has been in and out of jail. The guns where just a tool. Just a tool that could have killed me. It started with play and not all play leads to the out come but in a world so vast and amazing with so many tools and things to explore and learn, why is it not ok to put guns in a category of such danger that only those trained should deal with them and that death is never fun or funny? Childhood is sacred as you know because your a great mother, I think though you where right to not have them in your home to start with. I think you could have nurtured your sons instincts in other creative ways not having anything to do with guns. Sounds like it is a great time to get him interested in some other things. How about fencing? My son loves video games but like his other play time, no human on human violence allowed, and no guns.Kimberly Stormshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344125839922748237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-9179053574691386812012-04-10T18:39:26.109-07:002012-04-10T18:39:26.109-07:00Stumbled onto your blog via the blog hop and just ...Stumbled onto your blog via the blog hop and just wanted to show you some blog luv! def enjoyed this post!! new follower via email :-)<br /><br />http://infinitelifefitness.com<br />http://mscomposure.blogspot.comms.composurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635319552787315251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-61229969404281158642012-04-10T17:09:43.780-07:002012-04-10T17:09:43.780-07:00New follower from the tuesday blog hop!!New follower from the tuesday blog hop!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11768673060284316183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-9848531392050776642012-04-10T00:25:49.618-07:002012-04-10T00:25:49.618-07:00Thanks Desiree!Will follow back!Thanks Desiree!Will follow back!Anupamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14130751396187374126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-71040539972724817612012-04-09T16:47:40.598-07:002012-04-09T16:47:40.598-07:00New follower from Get Connected Tuesday!
-Desir...New follower from Get Connected Tuesday! <br /><br />-Desiree'<br /><a href="http://www.lifewithourfamily.com" rel="nofollow">Life with our Family</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-50192574871197427842012-04-05T05:47:10.979-07:002012-04-05T05:47:10.979-07:00Yes,by doing this they feel they are doing their b...Yes,by doing this they feel they are doing their bit in checking crime whereas in reality crime continues unabated....Anupamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14130751396187374126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-22384729276203674702012-04-04T06:39:38.877-07:002012-04-04T06:39:38.877-07:00It might be easier to carry a real gun.
The number...It might be easier to carry a real gun.<br />The number of robberies involving a gun are very real and it has nothing to do with a toy gun<br />Typical knee jerked reaction of authorities around the world - destroy the toy while the real WOMD are displayed for all to see<br />Ha Hasandeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155610016674454776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7625049386659697516.post-67429458998382978342012-04-03T14:54:51.322-07:002012-04-03T14:54:51.322-07:00Following in the MBC blog hop! Thanks for followin...Following in the MBC blog hop! Thanks for following me back....http://jeanpatch.blogspot.comNatural Home Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16063435691697910049noreply@blogger.com