The Costume Police Are Back. Here’s What They’re Targeting This Year.

By Erika Haas

The costume police are back out in full force, and this year they’re gunning for your kids’ toy guns.

North Carolina parents Amanda Hanig and Jordon Gillis recently launched the Goodies Not Guns campaign, which encourages families to wear “non-violent, weapon-free Halloween costumes.”

The couple, who have two children together, tell ABC News they came up with the idea in the aftermath of the Las Vegas Massacre.

“We just felt so powerless as citizens and as parents,” Hanig, 40, said. “There’s so much violence in the world, and you read about gun control … but it isn’t enough. Maybe we have to do more than that.”

With Halloween approaching, Hanig said they created Goodies Not Guns “as a way of taking some of the power back and making immediate changes.”

“It was a simple thing that we could do,” Gillis, 41, said. “And [we figured] maybe other people would like to help out.”

We’re not quite sure how forcing children to dress up in “friendly” costumes is going to reduce gun violence, but it appears many are already on board with the idea, including local mom Thayer Lavielle.

Lavielle tells ABC that she’s not denying citizens have a Second Amendment right …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms