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New documentary on kids and guns in America.

Courtesy of the Mirror:

There’s a clip early on in this film of a young boy opening his Christmas presents. “You’re crazy,” he tells his father as he sees what’s in the box.

“I’m too young to have a gun!” He points it at himself and his little brother to prove his point. “I’m SIX and he’s THREE!”

And already it would seem, he’s way smarter than his dad.

Every year, 3,000 children in the United States are killed or injured in accidental shootings.

And this disturbing film doesn’t even touch on the increasing number of incidents involving mass killings in schools.

Instead, it shows us the TV commercials selling real guns to children and we meet the parents who encourage and even force their children to learn to shoot.

Four-year-old Kaelyn Williams is in tears as the recoil from the rifle her daddy made her shoot has hit her on the chin.

But her dad JD, who lost both legs and one arm when he stepped on an IED in Afghanistan, is trying to make his daughter see that shooting is fun.

He can’t wait until he watches her kill her first wild animal.

“She’s going to learn to shoot whether she likes it or not,” JD states grimly. “Part of the Williams’ life skills: No1. Learn how to shoot.”

This is the kind of hard hitting documentary that the NRA would never allow to be shown in America.

Which is why I am making sure that we see it here. And what it tells us about America's gun culture, and the desire by some parents to make sure that the culture continues, is both shocking and embarrassing to us as a nation.

It is almost 50 minutes long, so if you cannot watch it all in one sitting, then just take your time and watch it in segments. But please make sure to share it with your friends and families.

P.S. Here is more coverage of this documentary from The Telegraph and The Guardian.

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