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My Parents Open Carry is a new gun book for children meant to educate and celebrate the right to bear arms.
According to an article in the Guardian, the new—obviously American—picture book, penned by the founders of Michigan's Open Carry, Brian Jeffs and Nathan Nephew, was published by White Feather Press.
For 13-year-old Brenna Strong, a typical day sees tagging along with her parents running errands while openly carrying "handguns for self-defence."
Noticing the lack of pro-gun books for kids on the market (funny, that), the authors were concerned that American children were being "raised with a biased view of our constitution and especially in regards to the 2nd Amendment.
So, they sought to create a "wholesome family book" that shows U.S. gun culture in a positive light.
Not surprisingly, Open Carry is proving popular with gun aficionados who say the book is long overdue. Not everyone was so elated by its publication. Bloggers and book sellers took to social media to voice their discontent:
"As a prologue to the kids … I'd like point out that—no matter what mommy and daddy say—over 10,000 kids are shot each year in the United States and having a gun in the home makes you less, not more safe," wrote Raw Story's TBogg.
Celebrating the Second Amendment or pro-gun propaganda?