Dad shoots daughters laptop

[cjolley]

...shooting the laptop sends a message that would not have been conveyed as well by taking a hammer or microwave to it...

Well I think we can all agree on that.
The question remains as to what message he conveyed and whether it was an appropriate message.

[Dr Mordrid]

1) it was real. A .45 makes a big damned hole and if you d/l then single-step through the video you can see them hit.

2) shooting the laptop sends a message that would not have been conveyed as well by taking a hammer or microwave to it. He'd already tried taking it away, so level up.

[KRSESQ]

I feel more sympathy for the laptop than for either him or the daughter. IT was innocent in this matter.

[VJ]

Still seems quite drastic to me... if that is what he thinks he needs to do go prove his right to his daughter... Or he just wants his 15 minutes of fame... Either way, stupid...
I would like to think the video is fake, but I'm not too convinced of it.

[Dr Mordrid]

>22 million hits now...

WSOC-TV....

YouTube dad says authorities pay visit; Daughter gets job offer

YouTube dad says authorities pay visit; Daughter gets job offer

A local father who captured worldwide attention after posting a YouTube rant about his daughter is now responding to all the attention.

Tommy Jordan, from Stanly County, got mad after his daughter complained about doing chores on her Facebook page.

In the video, titled "Facebook Parenting for the troubled teen" shows Jordan pull out a gun and shoots his daughter’s laptop.

The video received more than 21 million views in five days.

“Pay you for chores?” Jordan said in the video. “Are you out of your mind?”

The former Marine wrote on his Facebook page that Child Protective Services officials came to his home in Stanly Co. on Saturday and interviewed him and his daughter — separately — after viewers of the video called with concerns about his actions.

He said the police also stopped by.

“The police by the way said ‘Kudos, sir,’ ” Jordan wrote. "I actually had a "thank you" from an entire detectives squad. And another police officer is using it in a positive manner in his presentation for the school system. How’s about those apples? Didn’t expect THAT when you called the cops did you?”

Police officials in Albemarle told Channel 9 they have received dozens of calls and emails asking why they haven't done anything about the video. Officials said Jordan lives outside of city limits, so his actions are outside of their jurisdiction.

Officials at the Stanly County Sheriff's Office said there are no laws against what Jordan did, so they will not be investigating the matter.

In the Saturday Facebook post, Jordan said he does not regret making the video and stands by his decision to post it.

Jordan's post also said if he had to do it again he would, " Not be smoking a cigarette ... not have used the word "ass" in my comment directed at my daughter ... would have worn my Silverbelly Stetson, not my Tilley hat if I'd known that image was going to follow me the rest of my life and I'd probably have cleaned my boots."

If there is a bright spot for Jordan's daughter, it appears she has at least one job offer from an ice cream shop in the town of Stanley. The offer was posted on YouTube Friday after Jordan's video went viral.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1ujzRidmU