that's bad ...
Fortunately (for us anyways) it's in Texas, where they hand every 12-year-old a .22 and tell them to go shoot raccoons for "practice"- so I don't think it's going to cause much of anything except be another anecdote on somebody's list of why "guns" of any sort are bad.
I'd say I care- but I'd probably be lying...
I respect the RCMP and what they do every shift. If I was to flash one of my air rifles I would already know the consequences beforehand. Many do not know how risks are assessed by our police this day in the world.