Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck … - George Will

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George Will

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout 'Bang!'

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