喬治小王子玩玩具槍，英國網友炸開了鍋！

Prince George was pictured playing alongside Princess Charlotte and The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, but not everyone was happy about the four-year-old's choice of toy – a pretend gun.

昨天喬治王子被拍到和夏洛特公主、劍橋公爵夫人一起玩耍，但對於這個四歲孩子選擇玩玩具槍，並不是所有人都感到滿意。

The Duke of Cambridge was playing in the Maserati Royal Charity Polo Trophy at Beaufort Polo Club in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, on Sunday afternoon.

週日下午，劍橋公爵夫人在格洛斯特郡泰特伯裏鎮的保佛馬球俱樂部，出席了瑪莎拉蒂皇家慈善馬球杯比賽。

And, while Prince William took part, Kate and their children – minus Prince Louis – had fun in the sun.

威廉王子比賽的時候，凱特和他們的孩子們（除了路易小王子），在陽光下玩得開心。

Images from the event captured Prince George playing with a toy gun, knife and handcuffs which, given the youngster's known interest in the police, came as no surprise to some.

現場照片拍到，喬治王子在玩玩具槍、刀和手銬，考慮到這個小孩子之前就明顯的對警察非常感興趣，這對一些人來說並不奇怪。

On a visit to Finland last November, William presented Father Christmas with a Christmas list from George, which featured one request – a toy police car.

去年11月訪問芬蘭的時候，威廉交給了聖誕老人一張喬治王子的聖誕禮物清單，想要的就是——一輛玩具警車。

Similarly, at a reception in March celebrating the Metropolitan Police, one officer joked that William's children could join the police cadets, to which the Duke is said to have replied: “Well he does like the police at the moment.”

同樣，在3月的一個慶祝倫敦大都會警察局的招待會上，一名警員開玩笑說，威廉王子的孩子們可以加入警察，據說公爵迴應說：“他現在的確很喜歡警察。”

Despite this, the images have subsequently sparked a debate on Twitter with many calling the decision to let Prince George play with a toy gun “disappointing.”

儘管如此，這些照片隨後在推特上引發了一場爭論，許多人認爲讓喬治王子玩玩具槍的決定令人失望。

“Sad to see George playing with a gun when the whole country has a gun/knife crime situation,” one person wrote.

“整個英國都存在槍支和刀具犯罪問題，看到喬治王子還在玩槍我很難過，”有人寫道。

“Thought he was a sensitive child. Better if he was seen playing with a toy car or football. Sadly the royals will never change.”

“想到他還是個敏感的小孩子，但如果看到他在玩玩具車或者足球，這樣會好很多。遺憾的是，王室成員永遠不會改變。”

“No child in this day and age should look at any gun as a fun toy. This looks far too real.”

“在現在這個時代，不該有孩子把任何槍支當作玩具。這看起來太真實了。”

Other Twitter users came to George's defence claiming that it was simply a case of “kids being kids.”

其他推特用戶爲喬治辯護道，他們說這只不過是“小孩子的行爲而已”。

Someone wrote: “Can't believe people are booting off about Prince George playing with a toy gun and handcuffs!"

有人寫道：“我不敢相信人們會因爲喬治王子玩玩具槍和手銬而發飆！

“He's a child most likely playing cops and robbers! People are so dramatic."

“他最可能只是玩玩“警察與小偷”的遊戲！人們太誇張了。”

It's not uncommon for children to play with pretend pistols and western shooters, but is a fascination with military hardware damaging to little ones? 

孩子們玩假的手槍和西方射擊遊戲並不少見，但是對軍事裝備的着迷會對孩子造成傷害嗎？

According to some experts, this type of creative play is necessary and can even prove helpful in terms of child development.

一些專家認爲，這種創造性的遊戲是有必要的，甚至可以證明在兒童發展方面是有幫助的。