The NRA Is Rewriting Kids’ Tales And It’s Exactly As Cray-Cray As You’d Expect

Oh, the Propaganda! Little Red Riding Hood’s Grandma’s Got A Gun! What’s The Chance She Shoots The Wrong Person? Or Gets Shot By Her Own Gun? Or…

An Excerpt From:

“Little Red Riding Hood (Has a Gun)” by NRA Family

(Yes that’s a real title.)

“What big teeth you have!” Grandma said, as his fierce jaws came near. “The better to eat you with!” the wolf threatened. The wolf leaned in, jaws open wide, then stopped suddenly. Those big ears heard the unmistakable sound of a shotgun’s safety being clicked off. Those big eyes looked down and saw that grandma had a scattergun aimed right at him. He realized that Grandmother hadn’t been backing away from him; she had been moving towards her shotgun to protect herself and her home. “I don’t think I’ll be eaten today,” said Grandma, “and you won’t be eating anyone again.” Grandma kept her gun trained on the wolf, who was too scared to move. Before long, he heard a familiar voice call “Grandmother, I’m here!” Red peeked her head in the door. The wolf couldn’t believe his luck — he had come across two capable ladies in the same day, and they were related! Oh, how he hated when families learned how to protect themselves.”

[The NRA loves to frame the gun debate as ‘What are you gonna do when an armed stranger walks in’ but that’s an incredibly rare life situation. Most people will never experience that. But what are you going to do when the gun is in the hand of someone you know? That’s a far more likely situation. Should we be armed in order to protect us from guns in the hands of our friends and family?]