Ever since the question popped into my mind, I imediately answered with a resounding "Yes!". But having thought about it for a while, I can see the drawbacks. The major drawback to letting you child play with toy guns would be the possibility that they develop an association between guns and toys. Obviously this would be detrimental if (and that is a big if) they were to ever find a real gun at your house OR someone else's. I see a lot of people saying "I teach my children to never touch a gun when they see one." Well wouldn't that include toy guns as well? How is a 4 year old supposed to know the difference, without a shadow of a doubt? Maybe I'm overthinking things, being a new father and all, but it has been a little debate I've had in my mind for a while. Straighten me out INGO.