An ar15 is like Legos. It doesn’t have to look gun shaped until you open and assemble.
One year my old man got me a shotgun for Christmas. He took it out of the factory box and then very carefully, I’m sure my mother helped, wrapped it so it looked just like a gift wrapped shotgun. Complete with a bow at the muzzle. And then it was placed under the tree several days before the 25th and I had to wait until Christmas morning to open it. Try enticing a 9 yo with that package. I was on pins and needles.
I never got a Red Ryder. I went straight from cap guns to real guns.
