In a PSA created by the San Francisco-based production company, Sleeper 13, children are encouraged to steal their parents gun, take it to school and turn it over to their parents.
This not only encourages children to break several laws, but puts their safety at risk.
The boy is shown opening the drawer to his mother’s dresser, where a handgun is hidden.
The boy takes the gun from the dresser and leaves the room. The ad then flashes to his school. Sitting in a classroom, the boy ventures up to his teacher’s desk after the rest of his classmates have left.
The tension building in the scene breaks, and the boy produces the gun from his backpack, slamming it on his startled teacher’s desk.
“Can you take this away? I don’t feel safe with a gun in my house,” the boy says.
What the ad-makers are encouraging is highly illegal and invites danger.
The boy would be guilty of weapons theft, illegal concealed carry and carrying a weapon on school property.
The ad’s director, Rejina Sencic, took to Twitter to taunt those she says are “afraid to share” her ad.
Lot of people are afraid to share my PSA! If you are not a coward please share https://t.co/q2sisRKCN1 … … #gunviolence
— Rejina Sincic (@QueenSincic) December 17, 2014
Requests for comment made to Sleeper 13 Productions and to Sincic were not immediately returned.
what!!!?
they are getting very desperate now
That’s some flawed logic there. What if a kid will decide to keep a gun? Problems much?
In our Country? R u kidding?
What are our children suppose to do with their own hunting rifles? Just steal your parents and drag them onto government property illegally? lol
The video is marked private, wouldn’t let me watch it.
They’re encouraging kids to take guns to school. What do you think would’ve happened to that kid if this was real life. They would’ve called the police and he would’ve gotten arrested. kids are getting suspended for eating a pop tart in the shape of a gun. keep it real nobody thought that one out.
Telling unaware kids to break a dozen laws/committing felonies and creating life threatening situations is completely irresponsible- so much so- no responsible network should broadcast it.
My six kids know all about alarmingly stupid liberals!
They need to lock the people up who made this commercial for promoting kids to commit crimes