1 Will the children be banned from pointing with their index finger and yelling "bang?" That was my first, and still my favorite, toy gun.

2 So you have to be over 18 to play with your toy gun? I'm sure that is the fondest desire of everbody over 18. So how many years does a 12 year old get for caring his own wooden gun?

3 When Andre Malraux visited Russia (sometime in the '30s?) he was listening to a lecture about how communism would create perfect happinesss. He raised his hand and asked "How about the child run over by a streetcar?" "In a planned socialist transportation system, there will be no accidents," came the reply.

4 Now we have to get the fines doubled for plastic assault weapons--or ban them outright! If only they had that law in Britain when the first pictures of Iraqi prisoner abuse were published in the Guardian--later proved to be staged/faked by someone associated with the paper. The rifles used--Japanese replicas based on a prototype subsequently modified before issuance--were the first tip-off. At least someone would have gotten fined. But good!