Video of prank YouTuber Tanner Cook shot in the mall released

“It’s just a prank, bro.”  He’s delivering bullets with those fries.  

I am all for defending yourself from harm and attacks.  However, shooting a gun in public is irresponsible and stupid.  It jeopardizes the people around you and yourself.  There was no reason to pull a gun on some douchebag bothering you.  If he threatened, used a weapon, or put his hands on you, okay use a weapon within a reasonable counterreaction.  

However, the other side of me loves that the prank guy got f’ed up for being a tool to someone.  I am all for trolling, and pissing people off, but there is a time and place for it.  Why would you bother someone who already looks like a serial killer?  The mop hair and members-only jacket didn’t tip you off?  Checking out this goon’s channel, it is not even that amusing.  It is just him bothering people in unfunny ways.  At least make it funny.  The kicker is, that his shooting is the one entertaining thing to be filmed.  He took that off his channel.  Now, if you want to see something funny, read the comments in his recent prank video.  They’re roasting him on his encounter with lead and not the video above.  The dislike is 4k to 600 likes.  

The jury found him not guilty of the assault count, but the shooter didn’t get off free.  He did get convicted on a smaller gun charge, which I think is fair. The moral of the story is, “Don’t fuck with people you don’t know.”