The images as chilling as they are heartbreaking: An infant with a semiautomatic handgun next to each tiny shoulder. A child no more than a year old decked out in blood-red gang gear. "They call them Blood drops, stains, rims," a former Staten Island Bloods gang member said of the nicknames gang parents give their children.

"My first child - he was only 6 months old when he got blessed into it," said King Ironman, a Bronx member of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation gang. Then the boy was killed in a drive-by shootout. "The target was me ... he was only 2 years old," Ironman said.... Ironman still "blessed" two more sons into the... gang. "Families have to do that to be part of the nation," he said. "He's a true gangster. The way he acts with people, the way he just wants to beat you up and punch you," Iron said of the 4-year-old "Latin Prince" he hopes will preach peace within the gang.

With all due respect to the Daily News, how does this story justify a spot on the front page? What did they think happened in gangs? A guy like Ironman pays the price, goes through all the gang initiations and takes all the beatdowns to get himself into the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation, then he works his way up to the rank of King, what's he supposed to do, raise his kids to be Crips? For instance, my parents raised me Catholic, so I'm raising my kids Catholic. Does the News expect me to raise them Amish? It makes no sense. I'm also Knights of Columbus; would anyone expect me to raise my kids to get their cheap beer and second-hand smoke at the Elks? I'm a Red Sox fan, did anyone object when I didn't buy my babies Yankees hats? Of course not. Iron's 4 year old is showing his dad he wants to beat you up and punch you, why would anyone expect he wouldn't raise him to be a true ganster, the way God intended.

The Old Media obviously just doesn't get it. So they'll continue to act like this is unheard of and the end of civilization. At least until Babies R Us starts buying ad space selling Latin Kings onesies, Crips bibs, and baby t-shirts that say "Gramma's Li'l Blood Drop" on them.