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Video: 4-year-old ‘martyr’-in-training fires AK-47

Adult shouts “Allahu akbar!” after each shot.

The video is going viral around the web.

It’s worth taking a moment to contrast this video with one that takes exactly the opposite approach to firearms for 4-year-olds.  That video is the National Rifle Association’s Eddie Eagle video on gun safety for children.

Is Eddie Eagle corny?  Sure.  The cornball starts with his priority of safety for children.  He’s not encouraging them to aspire to martyrdom and an early ticket to “paradise.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxr89c-Q7NM

Here’s Eddie Eagle on what to do if you see a gun:

STOP!

Don’t touch.

Leave the area.

Tell an adult.

It’s like the Eddie Eagle character and his message come from a whole different culture or something.

J.E. Dyer

J.E. Dyer is a retired Naval Intelligence officer who lives in Southern California, blogging as The Optimistic Conservative for domestic tranquility and world peace. Her articles have appeared at Hot Air, Commentary’s Contentions, Patheos, The Daily Caller, The Jewish Press, and The Weekly Standard.

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