I think it's appalling to market killing instruments to kids as fun toys in candy-colours. I also think that killing an animal for the sake of ensuring that a child doesn't get the wrong idea about a pretty candy-coloured killing instrument masquerading as a toy, actually being a toy, is missing the point. No four or five year old should be out in the countryside being encouraged to kill things, not unless you actually WANT a culture of killing to prevail. Four and five year olds should be out in the countryside cooing over baby bunnies, not using them for shooting practise.