Kim Kardashian Risks Outrage fom public After Posting Picture Of Her Designer Handgun

Kim Kardashian has sparked outrage after posting a picture of a jewel-encrusted hand gun online.
see more after the cutThe reality TV star uploaded the image of what looks suspiciously like a .22 revolver to her Instagram page on Saturday - weeks after 26 people lost their lives in the Sandy Hook shooting in Conneticut.

She swiftly removed the picture from her page after a flurry of angry comments from followers.

Kim, 32, flaunted the designer pistol despite recently signing a pledge to help combat gun violence in the US following the massacre in December. 

 

Jewel-encrusted gun posted by Kim

 On January 14 Kim tweeted her support for the cause and for ending gun crime.

She wrote: “Today, people in Newtown are making the #sandyhookpromise to reduce gun violence. Sign the pledge with me.”

However, this isn't the first time that Kim has proved her liking for firearms.

In August 2012 she was seen grinning as she clutched a Beretta shotgun during a family vacation.

Kim's snap of YSL handgun

And in June she posted an image of an Yves Saint Laurent plated pistol after her mum Kris Jenner took Kim and sisters Kourtney and Khloe to a shooting range so they could learn to fire a gun after their family store was vandalised.

She captioned the image by simply saying: "Bang Bang."

Meanwhile, the pregnant Kim, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Kanye West in July, has been looking curvier than normal as her baby bum starts to show. Last week, she excitedly uploaded the first image of her growing baby bump to her Twitter page writing: "Well hello there! #PoppedOuttaNowhere!!!" 

Khloe lifts Kim's peplum, revealing a growing tummy

 Kim as a little girl