I don't want to assume, but I've raised kids, and have also taken in troubled families. I can tell when they (the kids) were going through a rough patch. I have also temporarily removed guns from my home when I thought teens were having trouble. Some have been bullied, some through dark emotional times. Somehow I've gotten them all to realize that school isn't the world and a brighter future lies ahead, once the teenage years are past. They've all grown up fine and successful, one even got their masters. There's cues, but there has to be an adult there to receive them. But, sadly there's too many kids without a responsible adult in their lives.
I looked at gun and knife mags
I drew pictures of them, I liked them, lots of kids did.
I made toy guns & knives
I made real knives in shop class.
I shopped at the ninja store in the mall, only because they had throwing stars and blow guns. I didn't buy any, just getting design ideas.
I've flipped off kids I didn't like.
Maybe even pointed a finger gun at someone.
I was never dangerous, but it was the 80s