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The two with an array of guns were from China and Ukraine, so I don't know what "North American" has to do with it.

simion314 7y ago
I would blame the media, Hollywood and video games for the popularity of toy guns though I am not saying this is a real problem since here in Europe there are no guns anyway and there is no evidence that movies or games have effects on children or adults, I never seen one and I don't know people that have guns. I know the guns topic is a sensitive one and I am not having here an opinion about that topic, just mentioning that the gun culture is exported around the world with the US media.
- zaat 7y ago
  And who would you blame for the popularity of wooden toy swords? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-roman-cavalry-swords-and-toys-unearthed-along-hadrians-wall-180964863/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-roman-cavalry...
  - simion314 7y ago
    That I would blame for the oral (and written) stories we hear as children about our ancestors that were heroes and fought in great battles.
- analognoise 7y ago
  You can immediately tell who has had kids (or spent a lot of time around kids) and who hasn't by their answers. You don't have any kids and don't spend any time with kids if you think Hollywood is exporting "defend the tribe".
  - simion314 7y ago
    I am referring to guns, not about defending the tribe, so maybe you can make your point clear, are you from Europe and as a child you seen guns outside movies and video games? I could be wrong, I can't perform an experiment where I remove games and movies with guns and then measure if children will play more with cars and airplanes then guns.
    - eitland 7y ago
      I grew up in Norway without TV and with no guns in the house. Was still interested in guns. Don't know how I became interested, it happened before I can remember. (and no, I'm no gun nut but I was very interested in guns as a kid - as many other kids.)
      - simion314 7y ago
        Thank you for your perspective, it is interesting, can you recall maybe stories involving guns? In my case I was told stories involving swords and bows and as children we were creating swords and bows, we were also making guns but I think we saw those in american police movies that were very popular at that time.
        eitland 7y ago
        I guess I might have picked up the idea from other kids somehow - but - I don't have older siblings - I didn't go to kindergarten - and I generally can't recall playing much with other kids except for my younger brothers before I started in school There must be an explanation - I don't think this was a miracle and I also think guns hasn't existed mong enough to make an impression on our genes - but I don't know it.
    - analognoise 7y ago
      If you remove guns, children (boys) will use sticks as swords and hit each other with them. If they have no knowledge of swords, they'll hit each other with sticks. Can't get much more primitive than a stick. What would that relative measurement tell you? Nothing. The mixture is different for each kid. But I can tell you the play fight, with whatever tools they think are appropriate, is 100% universal. In fact if a boy didn't do that at all, I'd honestly have him tested for a developmental delay.
      - simion314 7y ago
        it is true, and I was not trying to blame anyone , if you try to re-read again where my comments started, I was trying(and probably failing) to explain why some gun related images will be shocking for someone is Europe where for someone in US is natural and I was trying to explain how are guns so popular even if there are no guns that you can actually see(again there is no blame since I don't think there is something bad that someone plays with a toy gun or with a gun in a video game). Other example of shocking image/video for someone like me , a father sending his 10(or younger son in the house to bring his shotgun outside, or a different father training his 10 years old daughter to shoot a shotgun (or maybe are rifles I don't know exactly what the guns were)
- seanmcdirmid 7y ago
  China isn’t that influenced by Hollywood. There are plenty of kids in China that have never seen a Hollywood film before. Chinese media on the other hand has no problem exposing kids to guns even if guns are completely illegal in the PRC.

I would blame the media, Hollywood and video games for the popularity of toy guns though I am not saying this is a real problem since here in Europe there are no guns anyway and there is no evidence that movies or games have effects on children or adults, I never seen one and I don't know people that have guns. I know the guns topic is a sensitive one and I am not having here an opinion about that topic, just mentioning that the gun culture is exported around the world with the US media.

zaat 7y ago
And who would you blame for the popularity of wooden toy swords? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-roman-cavalry-swords-and-toys-unearthed-along-hadrians-wall-180964863/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-roman-cavalry...
- simion314 7y ago
  That I would blame for the oral (and written) stories we hear as children about our ancestors that were heroes and fought in great battles.
analognoise 7y ago
You can immediately tell who has had kids (or spent a lot of time around kids) and who hasn't by their answers. You don't have any kids and don't spend any time with kids if you think Hollywood is exporting "defend the tribe".
- simion314 7y ago
  I am referring to guns, not about defending the tribe, so maybe you can make your point clear, are you from Europe and as a child you seen guns outside movies and video games? I could be wrong, I can't perform an experiment where I remove games and movies with guns and then measure if children will play more with cars and airplanes then guns.
  - eitland 7y ago
    I grew up in Norway without TV and with no guns in the house. Was still interested in guns. Don't know how I became interested, it happened before I can remember. (and no, I'm no gun nut but I was very interested in guns as a kid - as many other kids.)
    - simion314 7y ago
      Thank you for your perspective, it is interesting, can you recall maybe stories involving guns? In my case I was told stories involving swords and bows and as children we were creating swords and bows, we were also making guns but I think we saw those in american police movies that were very popular at that time.
      - eitland 7y ago
        I guess I might have picked up the idea from other kids somehow - but - I don't have older siblings - I didn't go to kindergarten - and I generally can't recall playing much with other kids except for my younger brothers before I started in school There must be an explanation - I don't think this was a miracle and I also think guns hasn't existed mong enough to make an impression on our genes - but I don't know it.
  - analognoise 7y ago
    If you remove guns, children (boys) will use sticks as swords and hit each other with them. If they have no knowledge of swords, they'll hit each other with sticks. Can't get much more primitive than a stick. What would that relative measurement tell you? Nothing. The mixture is different for each kid. But I can tell you the play fight, with whatever tools they think are appropriate, is 100% universal. In fact if a boy didn't do that at all, I'd honestly have him tested for a developmental delay.
    - simion314 7y ago
      it is true, and I was not trying to blame anyone , if you try to re-read again where my comments started, I was trying(and probably failing) to explain why some gun related images will be shocking for someone is Europe where for someone in US is natural and I was trying to explain how are guns so popular even if there are no guns that you can actually see(again there is no blame since I don't think there is something bad that someone plays with a toy gun or with a gun in a video game). Other example of shocking image/video for someone like me , a father sending his 10(or younger son in the house to bring his shotgun outside, or a different father training his 10 years old daughter to shoot a shotgun (or maybe are rifles I don't know exactly what the guns were)
seanmcdirmid 7y ago
China isn’t that influenced by Hollywood. There are plenty of kids in China that have never seen a Hollywood film before. Chinese media on the other hand has no problem exposing kids to guns even if guns are completely illegal in the PRC.