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2nd July 2018
01:33pm BST

"We should be encouraging open-ended physical play, not limiting it and shutting it down."
The question of allowing young children to play with toy guns and other weapons is a contentious one.
A study last year showed that watching media which included gun violence made children more interested in guns.
In an experiment at Ohio State University, a number of kids were shown edits of two PG13-rated films that had gun action in them, while others saw versions with the gun violence edited out.
Afterwards, the children were brought into a room which contained toys and a real disabled gun in a cabinet.
The kids who had watched the more violent films were more likely to want to play with the gun in the room.