Boys and Guns

First off, let me say that Josh has never been hunting. We don't own a gun. I don't have anything against those who own guns or hunt as long as they are responsible with the guns and ammo; I just want to let you know where I'm coming from. That said ...

What is it that makes boys drool over Nerf guns? Run around the house shooting each other? Set up targets in the basement to shoot at? Build a gun mount out of K'nex?

(This is the same boy who has rigged up a gun rack with hangers at the foot of his bed for his Nerf gun.)

And, just in case you think I'm being sexist by only asking about boys doing these things, how many girls do you know will take a bite out of their sandwich quarters and then shoot them like a gun without outside influence from a person of the male gender?

Honestly, I'm not worried about the boys and their Nerf guns and what it might mean for them in the future. Their heads are usually screwed on right.

It's just that there are interesting differences between boys and girls.