Kids with guns
Citizens around the U.S. are quietly planning a peaceful rally & fundraiser that has anti-gun liberals loudly wailing and gnashing their teeth, when they aren’t scratching their heads. The rally is a toy drive and field day for underprivileged kids that will feature a march on Washington fully armed… with toy guns.
Toy March aimed at changing the national conversation on guns
Liberal anti-gun activists have been having a hard time trying to understand the mentality of the toy gun marchers. Usually liberals find themselves confined to debating with either the ultra-paranoid preppers or establishment Republican voices on gun control, admittedly easier targets. But when confronted with the fact that the toy gun marchers are sensible libertarians, not wild-eyed ne’er do-wells, they don’t quite know how to react.
Mary Elizabeth Marcher writes: This is a terrible idea. What are you thinking? You can’t really tell by sight if a gun is a toy gun or a real one these days. Gun manufacturers are making guns that are pink & blue & plastic. Someone could even hide an assault weapon INSIDE a large water gun. You may have good intentions, but you can’t know that every person who shows up does. You are creating a perfect opportunity for any psychopathic gun nut to infiltrate.
A Queens resident, Jack Pawlowski was arrested for pulling out a toy gun to play with his kids at a local park in Astoria. An outraged mom recorded him and turned him over to authorities who promptly arrested the non-violent father engaging in innocent play.
Clearly gun control has been taken too far when it infringes on the rights of our children and parents to have fun with toy guns. Playing with toy guns is not a crime and it shouldn’t be. A planned toy gun march in the District of Columbia puts to light the ridiculousness anti-gun advocates stoop to so as to to regulate even the most benign, playful behavior in our society. Does banning toy guns or using violence to arrest people who play with them make any sense?
The most interesting angle on this story has been the liberal anti-gun activists who are not only in favor of the march, but actually planning on attending. Many of them see this march for what it is, peaceful civic activism for change. Although they don’t agree with the libertarian’s gun stances, they seem willing to reach across the aisle because of the positive and tactful approach being used. The Facebook page set up for the event has become a sprawling debate forum where liberal activists often find themselves at odds with one another over the meaning and intent of the toy gun march.
Who are the marchers?
Citizens from around the country are pledging to come and to bring their families and donations of toys. Some private citizens are even offering to pay directly for motorized wheelchairs for the elderly who cannot march on their own. A board of representatives is being formed to handle the fundraising and over 200 people have thus far RSVP’d. The rally organizer, Austin Petersen has recruited four leading female liberty activists to come on board and help direct activities such as fundraising, marketing, social media and activity planning. The event is going to push hard to raise as much money & toys for kids as possible to send a message of care and positivity while asserting a strong pro 2nd amendment stance.
So what do you think? Should anti-gun activists support the Toy Gun March on DC, or oppose it?