‘Kick it back, you know what to do’: Gun nut father is jailed after handing his four-year-old daughter a pistol – before pointing the weapon at the girl and pulling the trigger
- Father filmed urging daughter to fire a .45 calibre pistol in shocking footage
- He tells her ‘go, go, go’ and ‘kick it back’ before the girl responds ‘your turn’
- The 33-year-old then pretends to fire at his young daughter who plays dead
- The man has now been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison
A father who egged-on his four-year-old daughter to shoot a .45 calibre pistol before taking the gun and pretending to open fire on the child has been jailed for almost three years.
Shocking footage shows a small girl holding the gun while a male voice in the background tells her ‘go, go, go’ and ‘kick it back, come on you know what to do’.
The young girl laughs before handing the weapon, which did not discharge, back to her father saying ‘your turn, your turn’.
The 33-year-old man, from the Sydney suburb of Revesby, is then seen in the footage pretending to shoot his daughter, who plays dead on the ground.
The father was arrested and the footage seized by police after he was pulled over for a roadside breath test last year, according to Channel 9.
He will be eligible for parole in March after being sentenced to two years and eight months in prison.
The sentencing came after a number of photos were also found where he is seen posing with illegal guns.
His lawyer told the network the young father had made a ‘foolish’ decision.
He said: ‘He accepts that that was the wrong approach as a father and he shouldn’t be teaching her those type of things.’
Shocking footage shows a small girl holding the gun while a male voice in the background tells her ‘go, go, go’ and ‘kick it back, come on you know what to do’.
The father was sentenced after encouraging his daughter to play with the pistol and posing with guns
During the investigation NSW Police assistant commissioner Mark Murdoch said ‘allowing a child to play with a firearm of any kind is reprehensible and a serious criminal offence’.
Gun control advocates have criticised the father’s actions, claiming people often think guns are not loaded when they actually are.
Charles Watson from Gun Control Australia also told Channel 9 playing with guns with children set a dangerous precedent.
He said: ‘It introduces them to the idea guns actually can be considered to be toys.’
The 33-year-old Revesby man, who has now been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison, is then seen in the footage pretending to shoot his daughter who plays dead on the ground
The father will be eligible for parole in March after being handed the jail term for the footage and a number of photos where he is seen posing with illegal guns
Detectives seized a .25 calibre Walther TP-model pistol, two Colt 1911 45 calibre automatic pistols and a Bentley-brand 12-gauge shotgun as part of their initial inquiries into the footage
The father was arrested and the footage seized by police after he was pulled over for a roadside breath test last year (one of the guns seized during police investigation pictured)