I know they don't have access to machine guns-- I'm not a total moron. And no, I have not gone up to these kids and told them that they shouldn't be playing like that, I'm aware that it is the responsibility of the parents to make sure that their children do not hurt each other.

However when I walk across the grass to get to my home I don't like that I run the risk of being hit by one of these kids. As my name is on the lease for my apartment it is within my rights to express my concern to security. If the kids had been playing with cap guns or squirt guns it wouldn't have even been an issue.

I'm bothered by the fact that violence is continuing to be so glorified which was pretty much the point of my post.

These kids can be really violent, not just the typical rough and tumble violent, but scary real damage inducing violent.

And yes, I could hear the guns, that's part of why I looked to see what was going on. I live upstairs and they were directly below me so I couldn't see them from the window I could just hear them talking and the sound.

I don't live in the nicest of neighborhoods and this in addition to the loud domestic disputes and the cops showing up on a daily basis really gets to me.

I'm not against the kids having these guns, they can do whatever they want for all I care, but they don't need to be shooting them directly at each other around the playground or at the two and three year olds. The courtyard/grassy area that they were at is space that's usually used for soccer or football games and where I like to go to do my homework and write.

There are places they can be taken to play paintball or with these guns in the area. Their location was not ideal.

California--the land of coffee and bagels.