April 1, 2009
iPhone apps glamorise gun culture
The BangBang application which turns the Apple iPhone into a toy gun has caused outrage among UK anti-gun campaigners, reports Metro.
The app enables any iPhone or iPod Touch user to transform their handset into a mock firearm.
Makers of the app boast it allows users to "experience the sweet release you can only get from a finely crafted firearm – a firearm so smooth and well-balanced it feels like an extension of your own hand".
Apple is said to have no immediate plans to withdraw the applications, although the company did agree to remove the Slasher game last year after consumer pressure.
Slasher mimicked a stabbing sequence, using a knife in a similar way to the guns on the Bang Bang series.
It's actually scary how many gun apps are available from the app store. A "gun" search in iGoApps yields 118 answers - nearly 100 of them are gun sounds. Three of which were added only yesterday.
Above, from left to right:
iSounds Machine Gunes & Rifles
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