Toys From the Past You’d Never Give Your Kids Today

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Hubley Detective Pistol

History Daily

Kids are just as obsessed with guns today as they were a century ago. The only difference is that nowadays, toy guns don’t look anything like the real thing. This Hubley Detective Pistol toy could be used to rob a bank if it didn’t have a huge big “you know what” embossed on its side. Although the company wasn’t trying to be shocking at the time, Dick was actually a very common nickname given to detectives back in the 30s and 40s, but you’d definitely be hard pressed to find any kid named the same today, even if his first name is Richard.