Radio shock jock Michael Laws was absent from his morning show on RadioLIVE today, just days after saying on air that if he had a gun he'd shoot journalists.
Laws tweeted what he'd be talking about an hour before he was due on air, but when 3 News inquired why he wasn't hosting his programme radio live said he'd called in sick as he and his son had colds.
On Friday Laws suggested journalists at the Herald on Sunday had gone rabid, and if he had a gun he would shoot them.
Laws' producer told 3 News they were able to fill his spot at the last minute.
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