They say that families will be there for you through thick and thin - but this cheeky son is in danger of ruining his relationship with his father if he continues down the same path.

Tom Lloyd, from Wolverhampton, has filmed himself shooting his poor dad with a nerf gun for 13 days in a row and put the footage together in a cruel - yet absolutely hilarious - montage.

Tom turns the gun on his father when he least expects it and is occupied with another activity, from washing up to unpacking boxes and eating his breakfast, in a video that's already been viewed more than 300,000 times.

A son named Tom, whose surname is unknown, has filmed himself shooting his poor dad with a nerf gun 13 times in a row and put the footage together in a cruel - yet absolutely hilarious - montage

Each time the dad's reaction is a combination of angry and amused - although at one point he does jokingly threaten that his son 'will die'.

Perhaps the cruellest attack is the final one - when Tom shoots his dad on the top of his head from an upstairs window, while he is hanging the washing on the line.

Although they are generally safe to use, the guns fire foam darts, discs, or, in some cases, balls that can cause pain when fired from short distances.

Each time the dad's reaction is a combination of angry and amused - although at one point he does jokily threaten that his son 'will die'

Tom turns the gun on his father when he least expects it and is occupied with another activity, from washing up to unpacking boxes and eating his breakfast (pictured)

The video has already been viewed more than 300,000 times onYouTube and received hundreds of comments.

Some YouTubers have come out in support of the poor father.

'If I were the dad, I'd have bought the biggest f***ing nerf machine gun out on the market, sneak into the kid's room when he's sleeping and just go scarface on the little s***,' one wrote.

And another added: 'Your Dad seems proper nice. Every time you shoot him, he has a good sense of humour about it, or is angry for a second, then comes round. Fair play to him.'

Other comments were far more poignant.

'Man I miss my dad, I wish I could talk to him one more time,' wrote one YouTuber.