Call Of Duty players furious over new 'bong gun'

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is getting a bong gun. I’m never gonna win a Pulitzer now this article is on my portfolio, thanks Activision.

A few days ago, the Twitter account @ModernWarzone revealed that a gun that is also a bong will be added to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

They apparently found said gun by datamining the game, so this hasn’t officially been announced by the developers yet.

And look, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it; this is stupid. But it’s par for the course for Call of Duty these days, especially considering all the weed paraphernalia you can use to decorate your in-game banners.

However, fans aren’t upset because it’s silly. Fans are upset because they think it’s hypocritical.

As detailed by PC Gamer’s Ted Litchfield, some Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players think that adding a literal smokeable bong gun to the game is a little insincere considering how liberal the developers are being with their “toxic” bans.

Take a look at Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 in action below.

One look at the comments on @ModernWarzone’s post does corroborate this, such as this one from user @Harrison81A who states, “Imagine banning people for swearing etc but promoting using drugs.”

However, over on the r/PS5 subreddit in a thread detailing the news, folks from different corners of the internet have very dissimilar takes on the situation.

“So, some players feel that the presence of a bong gun in CoD means that they should be allowed to abuse other players?” replied user KesMonkey.

“There is a clear gap between bong gun and yelling [a curse] word at a bunch of 12-year-olds in game chat,” agreed user BugOk5425.

Personally I’m inclined to agree with the Reddit side of things here, as the inclusion of a bong doesn’t suddenly negate being offensive to people online.

Curious to see if the backlash does result in Activision shelving the bong entirely. That would be preferable considering it’s an abomination.