When National Sibling Day came around recently, I thought I found the perfect photo to post on social media. A vintage snapshot of my brother Andy and I with our toy guns pointed squarely at each ...

The modern gun – an effective, reliable, and affordable tool that one can operate capably with some basic training – changed that reality. Suddenly, that 300-pound berserker was no longer necessarily ...

From Barbie dolls to action figures, the range of toys available to kids is expansive. But when a kid picks up a play gun from the toy aisle, parents may pause to question whether or not plastic ...

A reader is frustrated by her children’s gravitation toward the toy guns a family brings to play with. By Philip Galanes I bring my children to our neighborhood playground every afternoon. It’s a ...

The “enlightened” parents of our culture seem to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to keep kids from playing. From playing in the living room or classroom. From playing in front of the house ...