Toy guns were never part of my parenting plan. In fact, for a long time, I had a no-guns-at-home policy that was total and unwavering, extending even to the Nerf and water varieties. The ban was ...

Many parents don't want their kids to play with toy guns. Here's how they can enforce those boundaries. (Image: Getty; illustration by Aida Amer for Yahoo) “Here,” said a mom friend said last summer ...

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 ...

It’s National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and the survivors of mass shootings from Columbine to Sandy Hook to Las Vegas to Orlando to Parkland are speaking out to remind us: The time for gun reform is ...

The Toy Gun debate: Would you let your kids play with them? With mass shootings daily and 33,000 gun deaths annually in the U.S., some parents might even prefer their kids play with matches than toy ...

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 ...

The NRA will be consulted on a bill filed for the upcoming session that bans toy guns from schools and colleges. Its sponsors stress that they are dedicated packers and do not want to be mistaken for ...

Toy guns have been a popular item on Christmas gift wish lists for decades. Little Ralphie Parker from the 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Storyspends most of the movie wishing for a “ Red Ryder ...

The wonderful essay by Randye Hoder (“Don’t Shoot,” Oct. 2) reminded me of my son and my personal stand against providing toy guns for him to play with. Because I would not buy any, he too fashioned ...

For the fourth year in a row, a community on Long Island, New York, encouraged children to swap their toy guns for substitute goods – all in the quest to curb gun violence. On Thursday afternoon, ...

“Here,” said a mom friend said last summer as she reached into her bag of pool toys and handed my 2-year-old son a small water gun. My stomach dropped. I didn’t know how to react. I’d always known ...