A child trying out a gun during the National Rifle Association's annual convention.Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Last week, photos emerged on multiple left-wing sites which depicted children holding guns at this year’s NRA convention. Most of the articles from news outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, and The New York Times looked to point out how horrible it was the children were holding guns. But now, new details have emerged, and parent’s who attended the convention say a Reuters photographer “took pictures of their children without their permission.”

Many of the photos taken by the photographers depict the children pointing the gun at the camera and it has been reported that this is what the photographer instructed them to do. The photos were then used in radical articles which called for tighter gun restrictions.

Dan Eckart took his grandsons to the NRA event and has stated that the photo his 6-year-old grandchild aiming a handgun toward the camera “a set-up.” “What I noticed was [the photographer] was moving around so that whichever direction [his grandson] was, she tried to get in front of him,” said Eckart.

According to Fox:

The photographer, Evelyn Hockstein, allegedly told the boy to “look at her” as he handled one of the firearms, Eckart said, citing what his grandson told him. The photo captured a shot of the young boy looking at the camera straight-on while appearing to point the gun at the lens.

The young boy’s father, Nathan Eckart, added that the photographer “set the photo up so that it looked like [his son] took the gun and was aiming it at her face.

All displayed firearms at the NRA meeting were deactivated, while live ammunition was not permitted at the event, according to an NRA firearm regulations.

Another mom who was present said the photographer randomly came over her to her children and started taking photos of them without saying anything.

“Our kids’ photos have been taken other times during the conventions, so we didn’t think too much of it,” the mom said. “The photographer was smiling as she took the photos and was commenting to us how cute our kids were. But she never asked for permission beforehand or ask for consent to use or distribute them.”

The photographer, Evelyn Hockstein, allegedly told the boy to “look at her” as he handled one of the firearms, Eckart said, citing what his grandson told him. The photo captured a shot of the young boy looking at the camera straight-on while appearing to point the gun at the lens.

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