NRA要让小孩从四岁开始练枪法.# WaterWorld - 未名水世界
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这个shoot video game针对4岁以上的儿童.
A month after the deadly school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, the Natio
nal Rifle Association is taking heat again -- this time for releasing a mobi
le video game that lets players learn how to shoot at targets.
The game, "NRA: Practice Range," puts the user in a gun range, where they fi
re a variety of handguns and rifles at stationary targets and earn points fo
r accuracy. Critics are questioning the timing of the game's release Monday
-- a month to the day after the December 14 shootings -- and accusing the NR
A of hypocrisy because one of its leaders recently blamed video games for st
oking gun violence.
"It's outrageous. The NRA never seems to be able to amaze me," said Joel Fax
on, a member of Newtown's Police Commission, who described himself as a long
time gun owner.
"There's no reason that they can't espouse safe, effective, appropriate gun
usage," he said. "Why do they have to come out with something like this at a
time when the nerves and emotions are so raw in Sandy Hook?"
Victims of other mass shootings also were upset about the app.
"How two-faced of the NRA to introduce a violent video game on the heels of
their blame game," said Lori Haas, whose daughter survived a mass shooting a
t Virginia Tech in 2007.
"NRA: Practice Range" is listed on iTunes as an "official NRA licensed produ
ct," created in conjunction with MEDL Mobile, a mobile-tech startup. The gam
e is free, although for 99 cents, players can upgrade their firearms and "un
lock" an MK11 sniper rifle. The game includes a handful of tips on gun safet
y.
On iTunes, the only current marketplace for the game, the game was initially
rated as appropriate for children 4 and up. On Tuesday afternoon, the ratin
g was updated to age 12+. CNN didn't hear back from the developer when it in
quired what led to the change.
A month after the deadly school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, the Natio
nal Rifle Association is taking heat again -- this time for releasing a mobi
le video game that lets players learn how to shoot at targets.
The game, "NRA: Practice Range," puts the user in a gun range, where they fi
re a variety of handguns and rifles at stationary targets and earn points fo
r accuracy. Critics are questioning the timing of the game's release Monday
-- a month to the day after the December 14 shootings -- and accusing the NR
A of hypocrisy because one of its leaders recently blamed video games for st
oking gun violence.
"It's outrageous. The NRA never seems to be able to amaze me," said Joel Fax
on, a member of Newtown's Police Commission, who described himself as a long
time gun owner.
"There's no reason that they can't espouse safe, effective, appropriate gun
usage," he said. "Why do they have to come out with something like this at a
time when the nerves and emotions are so raw in Sandy Hook?"
Victims of other mass shootings also were upset about the app.
"How two-faced of the NRA to introduce a violent video game on the heels of
their blame game," said Lori Haas, whose daughter survived a mass shooting a
t Virginia Tech in 2007.
"NRA: Practice Range" is listed on iTunes as an "official NRA licensed produ
ct," created in conjunction with MEDL Mobile, a mobile-tech startup. The gam
e is free, although for 99 cents, players can upgrade their firearms and "un
lock" an MK11 sniper rifle. The game includes a handful of tips on gun safet
y.
On iTunes, the only current marketplace for the game, the game was initially
rated as appropriate for children 4 and up. On Tuesday afternoon, the ratin
g was updated to age 12+. CNN didn't hear back from the developer when it in
quired what led to the change.