Perhaps my wording of discourage made me sound like I'm afraid that gunplay necessarily equals bad and violent kids. I don't mean that, but I am interested in how others have navigated this issue. I am not afraid of guns, because I'm like you, guns aren't toys, you want to shoot a gun, let's go get a real gun and learn real gun safety. But I see a socialized aggression that is considered acceptibly expressed through toy guns. That bothers me. I do think B is going to need to learn about hitting, because he's like me and looooves to hit already. I think it's an outlet for enthusiasm.

I hope you don't think that I'm making my child a social experiment. Maybe I'm underslept and sensitive this morning (I'm most definitely underslept).