The Newest NRA Training Tape

Caught on tape, is a father showing his two-year son how to hold an AK-47.

In Gretna, Louisiana- across the mississippi River from the New Orleans city center in neighboring Jefferson Parish- a man hands the assault rifle to his diaper-clad two year old son, telling the boy that he's buying the rifle for him. The father shows the boy how to hold, load, and operate the weapon.

Dan Reese, owner of BJ's pawn shop, became irate, and took the weapon away from the father, who got upset with Reese.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee said, however, that no laws were broken, although he was concerned.

Think the NRA will start using this tape for training kids how to use weapons? Sounds like a great idea, if you ask me.

But seriously, you have to think about this a bit. Louisiana- as are many Southern states- is a gun-lovin' (and tobacco-chewing) state. NRA territory, to be honest. Teaching a kid how to use a gun is not uncommon. Although the father, in my opinion, probably used bad taste by parading in the store, I see nothing wrong, or unusual, about what he did.

Just do that parading at home next time, dad.

Click on the title for the news report from New Orleans' WDSU NewsChannel 6.

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