Bad journalist…bad!
Via Sebastian and Robb we learn the tale of a journalist and a policeman who decided to play with their guns.
If your child came across a gun, what do you think they would do with it? Tell an adult? Pick it up? Pull the trigger?
We wanted to try something. With a Northside ISD police officer’s help, we put a group of children in a room with a real, unloaded gun to see what they would do when they thought no one was watching.
See rule number one, fools. “All guns are ALWAYS loaded.”
The money quote is this gem:
We want to emphasize: News 4 and a police officer took every precaution to make sure these children were never in danger.
Um…every precaution except not putting them where they could get unattended access to a firearm.
This kind of experiment is the worst kind of sensational crap there is. It’s designed to provoke an emotional reaction. It’s dangerous as hell. And proves nothing. You left a gun in a toy box. What are the kids supposed to think? That some jackass of a reporter is trying to trick them? Or that they have found a toy?
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