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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Who is it that puts out the challenges? Do they realize the harm that they are doing? Do they even care?
Because I am always armed, I would have considered it an attack and would have immediately fired into the windshield. I would have been suspicious if anyone pulled in my driveway that I didn't know. This will probably happen to one of these future Darwin Award winners.
TikTok Pranksters = Brain Damaged in Action
No normal person is that stupid
Return the favor with live ammo .it will become a self remidying problem in short order.
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