Toy-makers, however, dispute whether war toys lead to violent behavior.
In the past 30 years, researchers have conducted about a dozen studies observing children's play with war toys and their subsequent behavior.
But he added that the company would not abandon war toys.
My 3-year-old son is attracted to guns and war toys.
He soon decides to make a series of war toys.
"The boys probably have a couple of war toys of their own inside that log cabin."
Since everyone was busy with their new war toys, no one would notice that he was even gone.
The small group had come to the store in the midst of the holiday season to protest war toys.
Later, I quietly explained the theory behind my rejection of war toys.
It looked like one of those little war toys made in Japan that have a flint spark.