Long Island Toy Gun Swap: “We want to stop the gun culture”

By Robert Farago

“The first Toy Gun Exchange program kicked off Wednesday at Kennedy Memorial Park in Hempstead,” nydailynews.com reports. “Almost 200 toy guns were turned in for dolls, puzzles, indoor footballs and other gifts. ‘Children are our future,’ said philanthropist Jean Shafiroff [above], who funded the program with the Hempstead Board of Education. ‘If we can teach them violent toys and violent guns aren’t for everyone, then we will make a huge difference in our future.’” If that strikes as pretty mild – “aren’t for everyone” also means “are for some” – don’t worry. The Daily News‘ top team of anti-gun agitprop providers are on the case . . .

In October a 12-year-old girl was shot in the head and killed when a stray bullet pierced the wall of her Hempstead home.

Just to be clear…

Although that sentence comes hot on the [stylish] heels of Ms. Shafiroiff’s quote, the phrase “her Hempstead home” refers to the homicide vicgtim’s home. Not Jean Shafiroff’s home. Judging from her wikipedia.org entry – “Shafiroff has been named by Gotham Magazine as one of the “100 Most Powerful New Yorkers,” and was featured in Hamptons Magazine’s “Best Dressed …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns