Texas weatherman slammed after warning kids from ringing doorbells

A Texas weatherman faced swift backlash on social media after warning kids not to ring his doorbell because he had a “loaded” gun.

In the original Facebook post from iWeatherNet, a meteorologist’s page covering weather in Dallas and Atlanta, founder Chris Robbins appeared to take a break on Monday from climate-related news and instead vented in a post simply signed “Chris” about a little girl who visited his doorstep.

“A child just rang my doorbell. Folks you do NOT ring doorbells in 2023. My 6 was loaded. Keep your kids away,” he said using a slang term for a six-shot revolver.

Robbins gained a flurry of criticism for the comment, leading the post to be edited as he explained that the message was directed at a little girl looking for her lost cat, with the meteorologist adding that he threatened to pull her hair for ringing on a stranger’s door.

“Folks, it is a bad idea to allow your kids to go around ringing doorbells in 2023. Read the news. Stop it,” he wrote.

“If my doorbell rings again tomorrow I might pull someone’s hair lol. I’m just playing, but it really is a bad idea for kids roaming around ringing doorbells. This is not 1972. If that brat rings my doorbell again tomorrow, I will call the police,” he added.

“I feel bad because I warned her that I might pull her hair if they rang my door again. She started crying… Learning opportunity. She found a nice grumpy old man. Others out there will cause harm.”

“Please teach your kids to stay away from doorbells.”

The posts gained immediate backlash, with one Facebook user calling out Robbins for “nearly threatening anyone, specifically kids.”

Robbins responded, “I’m not f–ing around.”

He also later put up a post referencing Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old student who was shot twice after ringing the wrong doorbell in Missouri when he tried to pick up his twin brothers.

The exchange has gone viral, with many rallying against Robbins for his now deleted posts about the incident.

One twitter user wrote: “I followed him for years because he had such in-depth forecasts. Sadly, I think he’s losing it.”

Another one wrote: “It’s literally what a doorbell is for. If he doesn’t want anyone to ring it, then he can remove it.”

A “top fan” of the Facebook page asked: “How is threatening someone who rings your doorbell something that is normal?”

In a series of now-deleted follow-up posts, Robbins appeared to apologize for what he wrote, while also claiming that his account was hacked.

iWeatherNet did not respond to the Post’s request for comment.