The American gun lobby is demanding a ban on iPods after a three-year-old boy mistook a gun for one – and shot both his parents.

The youngster, from New Mexico, reportedly picked up his father’s handgun in the mistaken belief that the shiny metal object was an iPod. He then accidentally pulled the trigger, sending a single bullet through his father’s buttock and into his mother’s arm.

Chuck Upstart III, chairman of the Association Rifle Shooters Everywhere (ARSE), demanded an immediate ban on the Apple products to avoid further tragedy. ‘How many more times must this happen before common sense prevails?’ he bellowed, thumping the handle of his loaded .38 on the desk for emphasis. ‘Sure, in an ideal world, we’d all like to listen to music. But when it starts putting lives at risk, we have to put our foot down hard.’

Mr Upstart III explained he would have to put his left foot down hard as his right one was still sore from when he accidentally shot it while cleaning his Magnum.

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