There have been plenty of social media challenges over the years, but one of the quirkiest, and maybe the most dangerous, is the Tik Tok "door kicking challenge."
The problem is the challenge itself: to kick at the doors of homes and businesses as a way to gain some fame on social media, but this ignores the possibility that some people inside those homes might think their homes are being attacked -- which might lead some to get their guns.
In Texas, "you have the right to protect yourself if you are in fear of your life," retired Houston Police Captain Greg Fremin says, "you have the right to use deadly force to protect your property at nighttime, a third party as well if you're in fear of their life."
Captain Fremin's first objection to these kinds of challenges is social media platforms themselves, "which have provided tens of thousands of jobs, it's influenced a lot of people, but the dangerous, dark side of what you're seeing right now is that you have a whole generation of young men and women who are very susceptible to what they see on social media.
"And these kids -- and there's a small grouping of them -- in my opinion are lacking, lacking great common sense and parental supervision at home, and they're doing something that could truly cost them their lives."
Recent news that homeowners have publicly addressed the challenge in the Katy area, where some homeowners have been subjected by the Tik Tok "contest," has brought attention to the Houston area, but the Tik Tok challenge isn't confined to any one area -- it's been going on nationwide.
"Unfortunately, if these trends continue you're going to see someone shot by a homeowner -- and maybe that will awaken the young men and women that are doing these crazy things," Fremin added.