Toy Hoplophobia

The Daily Mail is aghast at the fact that a new book shows you how to make Lego into a gun. Okay, so it shoots Lego pieces but still- a gun! The horror.

It is the classic toy that has kept children happily building castles and houses for decades.

But now Lego is set to turn slightly more sinister with the launch of an unofficial book that teaches children how to make weapons out of the iconic plastic bricks.

A Christmas bestseller, "Forbidden Lego: Build the models your parents warned you against" is a controversial new book that gives children detailed instructions on how to make weapons such as catapults and 'automatic ping-pong ball launchers' purely out of Lego.

Terrifying, isn't it?