"In exchange for their toy guns, all the children received wrapped presents that were indisputably not violent — dolls, stuffed animals, and board games like checkers.
Some children were not thrilled with the trade.
Malik Hall, a round-eyed second-grader, looked apprehensive as he stood in line with his favorite toy, a thick, blue gun with plastic sword underneath the muzzle. The 8-year-old was furious when his mother, Amanda, told him he would have to give it up. Yesterday morning, he tried to hide it under his pillow, she said...
Hall said she had no regrets. The 26-year-old mother of six said she has been trying to wean her only son off toy guns for years.
Hall said she had no regrets. The 26-year-old mother of six said she has been trying to wean her only son off toy guns for years.
Via Instapundit, who says, "if you had put this scene into a dystopian novel about lefty silliness, it would have seemed too heavy-handed."
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