Posted on 03/20/2022 2:09:13 PM PDT by Morgana
Cops have warned against the latest TikTok challenge which sees pranksters shoot at unsuspecting victims suing gel pellet gunss.
The craze - dubbed the Orbeez challenge, after the brand of gel gun generally used - has caused injuries, and led to criminal charges.
In one video captured by a Ring surveillance camera, a mother in Florida is seen pushing her toddler's stroller when a car drives behind her driveway. Shots ring out.
'Are you f****** kidding?' she asks. Police did not say whether the mother or her child were injured.
In Peachtree City, Georgia, police released photos of a child with a bloody nose and welts on his torso after he was allegedly shot at by teens who had 'modified' the beads to make them more painful.
'This child was uninvolved riding his bicycle on the path when he was assaulted by a group of teens riding by shooting these weapons at him,' police said on Facebook. 'The police department will be pursuing criminal charges on all persons caught discharging these weapons at other persons on city property.'
Meanwhile, Canadian toymaker Spin Master is currently marketing a play set of 2,000 beads under the name 'Orbeez Challenge.' The company does not make the toy guns used by those who participate in the 'challenge.'
As of Sunday afternoon, videos with the hashtag #OrbeezChallenge have garnered nearly 153 million views on TikTok.
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So, Tik Tok is fine with these sort of posts, but trying posting something negative about Covid shots or something positive about Donald Trump and see what happens when you get ‘too many’ Likes.
Play stupid games...
This craze will end quickly once the first concealed carry holder is targeted and responds with lethal force.
Yeah, this is going to lead to a lot of problems, beatings etc. Also reminds me, I need to get some bear spray for when the .38 is, uh, overkill.
Funny you say that, it was my first thought also.
I laughed at first.... then noticed the mag.
He would have got me... I’d have hesitated.
Yes, if you get hit with one that’s “normal” it’s just annoying. I’m sure frozen ones are worse.
How long? Can't be soon enough. Play stupid games; Win stupid prizes.
…and TikTok is sued by the pea shooter’s family (if he doesn’t survive), and/or the CC holder who shot him.
“How long until someone shoots back with a real one?”
My thought exactly. I’m a CPL holder and I never leave home without it. My first reaction to getting hit with a projectile like that would be that I’ve been taken under fire, which would of course lead to me sending rounds back downrange in return. There would a lot of them, too, until I felt I’d ended the threat.
There are weapons out there with very different colors. Remember the green Zombie colored weapons? If you look on gun forums sometimes you see them for sale - all colors or ‘alien’ looking stuff.
Time to shut down deep state tik toc.
THey appear to shoot water-soaked gel caps. I’ll be to “modify” them they are freezing them to make them much more painful.
I just looked on Amazon and there are a few that look like compact tactical rifles. If someone pointed one of those at me, they’d at least get an ass whooping, if not a .38+P or 9MM in response.
I vaguely remember that.
I also remember when Hornady tried making “zombie” ammunition.
I thought it was silly, but whatever works I guess.
XD XD
I just googled it. For .22 LR:
“Just in Case… Get Loaded with Z-MAX™ Bullets and PREPARE to `Mist`ify Zombie Varmints!”
I won’t give a single spit when little Dontavious, Kayden, and an entire troop of feral street thugs are terminated for this new “challenge.”
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