Post by Chaindriven on Dec 23, 2014 14:41:15 GMT -6
For once, gun control advocates and gun rights groups agree – they’re fired up about a new video that urges kids to steal their parents’ guns and hand them over to teachers at school.
From Sleeper 13 Productions in San Francisco, titled “Stop Gun Violence - PSA,” shows a teen boy take a handgun from his mother’s dresser drawer, stash it in his backpack and bring it to class. Walking up to his teacher after the period ends, the student slaps the gun on her desk. “Can you take this away?” the child actor asks the shocked teacher. “I don’t feel safe with a gun in my house.”
Then the messages “Our children deserve a safe world” and “Stop gun violence now,” are plastered onscreen before production credits run, notably lacking any sponsors or collaborating organizations.
Irresponsible, this encourages children to lie and steal. It endangers the children and others, and puts them at risk by encouraging them to handle weapons they probably haven’t had any training with. Gun safety isn’t about getting people to ‘steal’ guns and give them away but teaching people, children, adults, whomever about gun safety.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms put out a press release detailing the number of crimes depicted in the piece. “We’re talking about felony theft of a firearm, illegal possession of a handgun by a minor, having a gun in a school, illegal concealed carry by a minor, brandishing and maybe one or two other crimes, depending upon the jurisdiction, …at the very least, the boy in this video would wind up being arrested and face felony charges.” As should the creator, The message of this video is so monumentally stupid that if any youth does something like this after watching it, the producers should face charges.
The real danger in this video, is in the unsaid. Who paid for this and what are their motivations?