Not a good day…

Posted by Matt Cipriano | No Comments

I was going to write about an article from the Roanoke Times (shout out to our homie at the Roanoke Times) about the history of toy guns and the new outcry being raised around the Nintendo Wii Zapper.

I even had a witty little intro about mistaking the Wii Zapper (pictured right) for a real gun during a home invasion. But I am just not up to it. I am feeling lousy, my writing (’cause I actually wrote it) was sub-par and not interesting enough to let anyone else read.

Instead, I am just going to post a link to the article here and let you decide for yourself about it. Just to give you an idea of my opinion, I think the quote, “Why don’t they enclose an application to the NRA in every box as well?…The marketing person who came up with this brainchild of an idea should be fired” is one of the more ridiculous I have read in a while. Go figure. It was said by some crazy grandmother from New Jersey.

Rather then get into a debate about whether toy guns are evil and lead to evil things, I’ll let you all make the call.

Though, while growing up, I had the original Nintendo Zapper, a plethora of toy water guns (before the days that required they be outrageous colors), and a bunch of Super-Soakers, I have yet to join the NRA, the Army, or go off on a massive shooting spree. But I must admit, I do enjoy a good water gun fight every now and again.

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