Gun owners in Florida join movement to shoot down Hurricane Irma

Gun owners in Florida have vowed to respond to Hurricane Irma by “shooting at” the storm.

Tens of thousands of people have joined an event advertised on Facebook to tackle the hurricane currently bearing down on Florida, in an attempt to “show Irma that we shoot first”.

Ryon Edwards, who created the event on Facebook, said he had no't expected to generate such a large response, and that he started the event out of "stress and boredom".

“A combination of stress and boredom made me start the event. The response is a complete and total surprise to me," the 22-year-old told BBC Newsbeat.

Please Share:

Kindly drop a comment. The comment box is below