Toy Guns Are Not Toys!
Despite the hilarious title of this post (thank you for the kind words), this is a pretty serious story that all parents need to know. Back in the OP’s childhood, they and a friend were playing with a toy gun. The dad saw it and totally flipped out, wrenching the toy out of the OP’s hands and smashing it to a million pieces. Overreact much?
Well, not quite. You see, back when the dad was still a child, he learned that his friend shot himself in the head. Whether it was accidental or not, we may never know. Perhaps seeing his very own child with a gun in his hand, even a fake one, might have awakened the pain and heartache from his childhood.