{"id":1715,"date":"2017-03-13T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2017-05-01T17:21:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T21:21:12","slug":"toy-guns-promoting-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/2017\/03\/13\/toy-guns-promoting-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy Guns Promoting Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

A large amount of parents in the United States conclude that toy guns make their kids too aggressive. In my opinion, this notion is to agree with completely. Researchers speculate that when a child acts violent in pretend play, it decreases self-control. Keeping toy guns from children will teach them that guns are extremely dangerous. If a child plays with a toy gun and there\u2019s a real gun in front of them, they might be curious about what it would actually feel like to hold a real gun, and end up shooting someone or someone else accidentally.
\n\"\"<\/a>Overall, 60 to 80 percent of boys and 30 percent of girls enjoy aggressive play, which leads to violent behavior. A child\u2019s obsession with guns could promote violence and could make a child have self-control than a person who doesn\u2019t enjoy aggressive play. Dean Abusalah, an 8th grader at Unis Middle School,\u00a0confirms that, \u201cYes, I think toy guns make kids more violent, but I don\u2019t think children shouldn\u2019t play with them at all, only to a certain limit.\u201d Researchers have proven that children who are less aggressive during playtime learn to control themselves in more violent situations.<\/p>\n

Keeping toy guns away from children will teach them that guns are very dangerous and are not toys. Handing a toy gun to a kid will make him think that guns are to be played with. Omar Mawry, a Journalist from Unis Middle School, clarified, \u201cI think toy guns are part of the reason of shootings being the second leading cause of death in the United States. Toy guns teach kids that firing a gun for no reason at all is okay.\u201d Scientists say that if a person isn\u2019t able to control himself, then they most likely enjoy aggressive play.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post has a\"\"<\/a>n article about how many kids have accidentally shot themselves or someone else. In 2015, this happened a total of 265 times. There was a total of 83 deaths, 41 by minors accidentally killing themselves with a gun they found and accidentally killing someone else 42 times. This happens because children often think it\u2019s a toy and it won\u2019t hurt anybody. Hadi Saad, an 8th grader at Unis Middle School, said, \u201cParents should be more careful where they leave their guns, and they should keep the gun unloaded so nobody will get hurt even if the gun is locked away and somehow discovered by a child.\u201d<\/p>\n

In conclusion, gun violence is a major issue in the U.S and toy guns aren\u2019t helping prevent it, instead, they\u2019re promoting it. Aggressive behavior with children is just the start, when those children grow up they get angrier and sooner or later they start firing their guns at people for the most irrelevant reasons. Gun violence in the U.S needs to stop and we need to start by keeping toy guns away from children.<\/p>\n

Alirida Noureddine<\/p>\n

Unis Middle School Journalist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A large amount of parents in the United States conclude that toy guns make their kids too aggressive. In my opinion, this notion is to agree with completely. Researchers speculate that when a child acts violent in pretend play, it decreases self-control. Keeping toy guns from children will teach them that guns are extremely dangerous. …<\/p>\n

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