OK, kill a teddy bear. And leave those baby bunnies alone! Mama bunnies will bite. Looking at a dead thing, really looking, isn't likely to foster a "culture of killing." Hiding the wounds and blank gaze of a dead body will do far more, I think, to foster just that. And I agree that potentially dangerous things shouldn't come in candy colors. Have you ever looked at the attractive colors of Black & Decker tools?

IF you choose to give a gun to a child (I didn't then and wouldn't now), that child should be made aware immediately of the damage that TOOL can do. Teaching "rules" just isn't enough.