Banning Toy Guns Won’t Save Lives in Philadelphia or Anywhere Else in America

By Jenn Jacques

Felicia Pendleton is speaking out against gun violence in Philadelphia, PA after her son, 20-year-old Jayvon Mitchell-Pendleton, was shot and killed while walking on the sidewalk in North Philly’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood in March. Police charged a 15- and a 20-year old with Jayvon’s murder, but Pendleton says still she has no answers as to why her son was murdered.

“As far as I know, my son and his friend were just walking down the street. They were laughing and joking and they were actually ambushed. They never seen the shooters even coming,” she said.

But while my heart goes out to Pendleton for her unimaginable loss, I disagree with her plan to end gun violence.

“Do away with the toy guns. Do away with the cap guns because it goes from cap guns, toy guns, to real guns,” she said. “It’s so easy to pull that toy gun trigger ― just as easy as it would be for a 15-year-old to pull the trigger [of a real one.]”

Eliminating children’s toy guns thinking that pulling a plastic trigger will somehow lead anyone to murder is ludicrous. The key to stomp out gun violence? Education.

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Source:: Bearing Arms