With some of these YouTubers, you never know what’s staged and what isn’t. It’s all about views, and that’s all they care about.

Regardless as to whether this was staged or not, it highlights a really important point: These ‘pranks’ for entertainment value on YouTube tend to cross the line, as seen in the ‘prank’ video above. The part that I’m referring to begins at the 2:25 mark. If this was a legit scenario where they really happened to go after a guy with a concealed firearm, they’re lucky he kept his cool.

The scenario: Three ‘pranksters’ go up to random people in bloody outfits and clown masks, and one of them is carrying an ax. If that’s not intimidating, I don’t know what is.

One thing is for sure: It’s not funny, and they’re lucky to walk away from this.