Chilling: Watch Alleged 2-Year-Old Egyptian Toddler Shoot Real Handgun While Relatives Praise Him

In the past The Blaze has reported on stories about children in Islamic countries being taught to use firearms and take part in armed conflict, but somehow seeing it in action makes this very disturbing topic all the more real, and chilling.

And while the act of any child using a gun might be considered reprehensible, we have never reported on it occurring with one so young before. That is until today, however.

MEMRI translates a disturbing televised report about weapons trafficking in Egypt. What draws the eye, however, is not the quantity or variety of guns circulating Egyptian streets, but of who is actually doing the shooting -- allegedly a two and half-year-old toddler named Hamada.

Watch as one of the traffickers, who allegedly uses Google and Facebook to purchase the weapons, allows Hamada (presumably his relative) to "point upwards" and "shoot!"

It is an on-the-edge of your seat moment as you watch innocent, tiny Hamada fiddle with the handgun, fire, then cringe as it kickbacks in his face. What's worse, after this incident, the gun trafficker hands over the gun to the child for a second go-round.

There is even a moment where the child, adjusting his grip on the trigger, looks as though he might accidentally turn the barrel of the gun towards his own face.

After Hamada fires the gun for the second time, the man praises the tot on a job "well done!"

While the child in the video appears a bit older than two and half-years, MEMRI and CBC TV assert the child's age is that young.  And although training a more mature child to use firearms correctly can be considered a good thing, perhaps Hamada's age and particular surroundings place the child in a precarious situation. Dwelling among Egyptian gun traffickers and shooting firearms before you've even had the opportunity to fully develop cognitive skills is probably not a safe bet overall.