Social media abuse closes Sam Paior's toy gun buyback campaign Bailey Paior-Smith throws out his toy guns. A PLANNED toy gun buyback event organised by an Adelaide mother has been cancelled after a flood of vitriolic feedback on social media. Mother-of-two Sam Paior had hoped to hold the event, which encouraged parents to buy back the toy guns for $5 each and raise awareness of the dangers of the real weapons, in early March. The move was prompted by the killing of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut, in December. But Ms Paior says a barrage of negative comments and "unsavoury" anonymous phone calls had raised safety concerns for the event, prompting its cancellation. "A lot of the comments have just been plain vitriolic and nasty," Ms Paior said. I just wanted a gathering where like-minded people could get together and there could be some education on guns and violence. We are placing the safety of our families, and that of any guests at the event as our priority. Ms Paior said she had also received plenty of positive comments about and her stance had connected her with Nat Cook and Neil Davis, the founders of the Sammy D Foundation. It is named after couple's late son Sammy, who died in May 2008 aged 17 after being punched at a party, and raises awareness of youth violence. "What I do hope is that anyone who was interested in our event will now contact the Sammy D Foundation and find out what they can do to help," Ms Paior said. To find out more about the Sammy D Foundation, visit the website at www.sammyd foundation.org.au