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elliot_crane ,

What’s in the box

  • NO

Seems like a quality product to me.

sexy_peach ,
@sexy_peach@feddit.org avatar

Wanted to buy it in pink after seeing this post but it seems to be bad quality. Looks nice in the renders though.

Varyk OP ,

Any time the company name is a random mix of consonants and vowels, quality suffers

amio ,

What a weird overtone of moral outrage this has, considering your comments. But admittedly, the user reviews are fucking gold as a non-American.

notnotmike ,
@notnotmike@programming.dev avatar

Also how is this being exclusively associated with the US?

I mean I get it, we like guns and this is the US version of Amazon, but it’s not like we have these toys in every household. And it’s not like other countries don’t have guns present in their culture (video games, movies, etc.).

They are most likely produced in China and are definitely going to be uncommon.

It’s like making a post “the US has 80-gallon drums of lube no joke”. It just feels like rage bait with an anti-US agenda

Varyk OP , (edited )

If you’re looking at it morally, I think I understand your confusion.

This isn’t so much a comment on the moral horror(that does fundamentally exist) as it is utter shock at the reckless marketing of pretty toy guns that children will like in a country with such a horrifying real problem of children and adults shooting each other.

All this gun does is make you comfortable pulling a trigger.

It’s entirely absurd to market cute toy guns as anxiety relievers to the children living in the worst gun violence circumstances in the world, where they are literally a constant risk of being shot in a supermarket or library or school.

It’s the height of practical insanity and cultural irresponsibility that these are being sold.

randomdeadguy ,

Relieve anxiety or Re-live anxiety?

Varyk OP ,

Solid catch.

For you?

Depends on how you became a random dead guy, I guess.

homesweethomeMrL ,

Paper cap guns represent

Varyk OP ,

Cap guns pop pop

Sparkles ,
@Sparkles@fedia.io avatar

I ordered a box of fidgets for my kids and it came with like a fidget switchblade.

Varyk OP ,

Insane

www.amazon.com/…/B0CM64XX54

Insane

ryven ,
@ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Much safer than fidgeting with your actual switchblade, which is extremely tempting, lmao.

Evotech ,

That terrible Photoshop job lol

Varyk OP ,

Haha yea it’s the best, I couldn’t not use it.

But the fidget guns are real.

That’s why I linked the Amazon thing too.

MagnyusG ,

toy guns have been a thing since before your grandparent’s grandparents were born, slapping ‘fidget’ to them doesn’t suddenly make them new. not to mention these look like they’re made by the same people who made the viral “carrot” knife Korea was freaking out about.

Varyk OP ,

Not entirely new, but US mass shootings happening twice a day are new and the hip new toy craze is teaching kids and adults to be comfortable pulling triggers on cute guns?

To “relieve anxiety”?

Not the same as pushing a hoop down the street with a stick.

dohpaz42 ,
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

I believe everybody should learn about guns: how to handle them, and how to shoot them. I imagine that could go a long way toward addressing some gun issues (like accidental shootings). It wouldn’t be a silver bullet; I’m not that naive, but kids learning gun safety might not be a bad thing.

That said, I don’t care how colorful they make them, whether out of plastic or metal, there is no reason to make guns into toys. That clearly sends the wrong message.

I do enjoy nerf guns, so I’d consider them exceptions. Their designs, that I’ve seen, do not resemble real guns. But I understand not everyone may feel the same way and would want to abolish them too.

Varyk OP ,

Education can be helpful, but I don’t think mandatory childhood education on deadly weapons is necessary or lwouod be significantly helpful with respect to the US shootings problem.

In this case, as you have pointed out, there’s no educational benefit getting people comfortable solely pulling triggers and treating guns as toys.

LodeMike ,

Yeah my only issue with these things is the absence of an orange tip.

teft ,
@teft@lemmy.world avatar

If it isn’t illegal to sell and someone can make money off of an idiot, it will be sold.

Varyk OP ,

And people say idiots aren’t good for anything

someguy3 ,

Ok I understand kinda get fidget spinners, but how is this a fidget thing at all?

SirDerpy , (edited )

A typical modern handgun will have a hammer, safety, magazine release, and trigger. (edit: no, a modern handgun will have a firing pin instead of a hammer) There’s a pattern for correct usage that’s easily repeatable and committed to memory. It’s great for fidgeting.

The problem is that using gun as a fidget toy will totally fuck up discipline for all four of the fundamental firearm safety rules (for when it’s not a toy):

  1. Treat all guns as if they are always loaded.
  1. Never let the muzzle point at anything that you are not willing to destroy.
  1. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target and you have made the decision to shoot.
  1. Be sure of your target and what is behind it.
someguy3 ,

Modern guns have a firing pin instead of a hammer, though this says 1911. I still have a tough time seeing it fulfill a fidgeting role, I see it as more of a toy.

SirDerpy ,

You’re obviously right about the firing pin. Also right about why I made the mistake.

As a fidget toy it’s like dry fire practice without regard for safety discipline. But, it seems like a means to irresponsibly teach breakdown & reassembly.

Fuck_u_spez_ ,

Sorry for the pedantry but modern guns also have magazines rather than clips.

SirDerpy ,

A clip feeds a magazine. A magazine feeds the firearm.

I’m trying to reinforce my knowledge by sharing. But, I’m obviously making too many mistakes to do it well. We’re on the same team trying to serve the community whole.

Thank you for correcting me.

Fixed my post above.

Varyk OP ,

To “relieve their anxiety”, apparently.

You know how you relieve your anxiety when you pull the trigger of a gun?

Me neither, but-

I was going to cap this off by listing all the mass shooters who “relieved anxiety” as a joke, but I hate repeating their names and this toy and the entire shooting situation is too obscene for me to joke about right here.

tigeruppercut ,

So a toy gun with the word “fidget” slapped on by someone in marketing?

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Toy guns are hardly an American phenomenon.

jam12705 ,

Sold by a Chinese company

Varyk OP ,

Yyyyup.

Relieve anxiety.

“Relieve anxiety”.

Disgusting

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