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clown-phobia has reached its boiling point. 




fueled by a media frenzy, the american people americans are now more afraid of <u+201c>clowns<u+201d> than climate change. 




the poll shows that america<u+2019>s top fears now include being attacked by clowns. 




and nitwits who are hell-bent on terrorizing people know that. 




this is where our story turns to 20-year-old sadiq mohammad. he thought it would be hilarious to dress up as a clown and scare people, film it and post it on his youtube page, which has been viewed over 6.7 million times. <u+201c>people love comedy,<u+201d> mohammad said.<u+201d> 




well, not everyone. 




because at least one of his <u+201c>victims<u+201d> was having none of it. 




the stockton, california, resident was pranking people all day on monday <u+2026> he had a run-in with some folks at a taco bell drive-through, ran after a kid playing basketball and chased some men carrying a saw. 




hilarious, right? 




for his next prank, he hid behind a bush <u+2026> a man was walking down the sidewalk, minding his own business. 




when mohammad jumped out, well <u+2026> you<u+2019>ve got to see it: 




wmc action news 5 <u+2013> memphis, tennessee 




the man hit him with his gun. 




<u+201c>when that thing hit me, i was literally like oh dang, it<u+2019>s a prank it<u+2019>s a joke, it<u+2019>s a camera right there,<u+201d> sadiq said, telling a reporter he was almost afraid to run. 




<u+201c>yeah. i seen the gun and if i didn<u+2019>t tell him it was a prank if i wouldn<u+2019>t have run i felt like he would have shot me.<u+201d> 




sacramento attorney kresta daly says people have self-defense rights, wmcactionnews5.com is reporting . 




<u+201c>so, a person has the right to defend themselves using reasonable force,<u+201d> she said. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s probably not reasonable to pull a gun.<u+201d> 




that<u+2019>s because in the video the man starts telling him the prank is not funny and then pulls out his gun. 




<u+201c>by the time the clown is saying it<u+2019>s a prank and you know, trying to get away and visibly being very scared, the threat has ended and the right to self-defense ends when the threat ends,<u+201d> she said. 




sadiq and his camera man took off running and never looked back. 




what is the lesson learned? 




<u+201c>lesson learned is like people don<u+2019>t play with the clown stuff,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>like, people really will shoot anybody.<u+201d> 




this lucky clown is now hanging up his costume for good.
creepy clown gets what<u+2019>s coming to him after scaring the wrong guy
robert gehl