Raheem Sterling Relates Wearing Tattoo Of Assault Weapon To Decision Never To Carry One, Says It Killed His Father

England and Manchester City's player Raheem Sterling stirred up fury at himself after he was spotted with a tattoo of M16 assault riffle on his legs as the national team prepares for a friend match with Nigeria.
On Monday, pictures of the 23-year-old midfielder in training camp ahead of the 2018 Fifa World Cup tournament in Russia emerged on The Sun front page as he lowered his stockings in a show off his new ink on his leg.

Raheem Sterling shows off his new ink and has been criticised for it

As against the thought of the football star, the ink did not go down well with anti gun campaigners which are now calling out to the team manager Gareth Southgate to drop him from his World Cup squad for wearing a tattoo they described as "an absolute disgrace" and "unacceptable".
However, the City's star soon came out to address the fury his new ink has attracted in a post to his Instagram account which he explained was based on decision never to carry a gun because his father was kill in a gun violence when he was two year old.
"When I was 2 my father died from being gunned down to death I made a promise to myself I would never touch a gun in my life time. I shoot with my right foot so it has a deeper meaning and still unfinished," he explained.