Media that kids are exposed to doesn't explore the actual real life emotional ramifications of shooting a gun at another living person. If nerf and whatever are barred from kindergartens then kids will just find bent sticks to pretend to be guns, because what they see is all fun and games.

I'm not at all suggesting that media aimed at kids should explore the darker emotional side of violence, I'm just saying that as long as Han Solo and Luke Skywalker jaunt about the Death Star shooting storm troopers and we don't see Luke having a massive freakout afterwards or something like that, then kids will keep playing these games.

Again, not saying that media should change.