Royal Family: Prince George sparks outrage over toy gun choice

Four-year-old George pulled the trigger on a social media storm after he was photographed playing with a toy gun.

Prince George and a friend play with a toy gun. Picture: Mega

Young Prince George pulled the trigger on a social media storm after he was photographed playing with a toy gun.

The future king was with Kate Middleton and his sister Princess Charlotte at the Maserati Royal Charity Polo Trophy at Beaufort Polo Club on Sunday.

Prince George plays with a toy gun. Picture: Mega

Prince George and a friend appeared to be more interested in pretending to shoot their toy weapons.

Social media users were incensed that the Duchess of Cambridge, who gave birth less than two months ago, allowed her son to play with the toy with one user calling her “tone deaf.” Another user wrote “No child in this day and age should look at any gun as a fun toy” with another linking the incident to police violence against black Americans in the United States.

Completely tone deaf of Kate Middling to give Prince George a toy gun. Doesn’t she read the papers in her own country with all the gun deaths? If the Duchess of Sussex had done this, she would be excoriated in the media! Lucky George isn’t black or police would have shot him.

— Amy Wyatt 🇷🇺 ❄️ (@Lewisno1fan) June 11, 2018

This isn’t okay anymore... My American side here, biased maybe b/c of everyday #gunviolence in USA,but my British side agrees. No child in this day and age should look at any gun as a fun toy. This looks far too real. .(And I LOVE Prince George, don’t get me wrong!) @teamtrace pic.twitter.com/UEqtFi5WTH

— Daisy Torme (@daisytorme) June 10, 2018

Here’s why the sight of #PrinceGeorge playing with a toy gun is triggering for some of us. Black mothers in the US have to teach their sons not to play with anything (a toy gun, a cell phone, etc.) a policeman could claim looked like a real gun. Their lives depend on it.

— Deesa Roberts (@DeesaRoberts) June 10, 2018

Other users ridiculed those offended with one woman telling users “leave the boy alone and let him be a child.” Another said the prince was acting “like every other normal child in the world”.

People are complaining because Prince George had a plastic gun 🙄 I had a plastic gun when I was little guess what I grew out of it I didn’t grow up to be a mass shooter or become obsessed with guns I hate guns now so just leave the boy alone and let him be a child

— Roxanne Fowler (@Roxanne_Tegan) June 10, 2018

Prince George sitting out in the sun playing with toy guns and water pistols like every other normal child in the world is not the problem, it’s the freaks who actually think it’s newsworthy enough to pass comment and who are dying to be offended by it who are the problem.

— chels (@chelseamacg) June 11, 2018

Four-year-old George, perhaps realising he’d inspired countless hot takes on systemic gun violence and political correctness, later played with a rainbow slinky. Princess Charlotte played with the less controversial toy choice of sunglasses.

Picture: Mega