OT..Re: [at-l] Gun story/MachineGuns

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

I agree with your impression about the allusion. I also suspect the death 
was similar to the death that begat this thread: parents sometimes do 
stupid things that get their children killed - or worse. The instrument 
used in the stupidity is often just a distraction from the issue of adult 
responsibility.

I think there might be more safety features available on a jet ski, ATV, 
bungi jump and most amusement park rides than on a 600 pound multibarrelled 
machine gun. I'd probably find the gun safer than a lot of the farm 
equipment I've been around in my youth - although I was lucky enough to 
survive with most parts intact. I question the judgement of anyone allowing 
either their child or their gun to be misused in such a fashion, just as I 
would question the judgement of anyone taking shots at sounds they hoped 
would be a deer.

OrangeBug
<hoping I get a genuine Red Rider BB Gun with compass and time telling 
thingy on the stock under the Christmas tree!>

At 01:14 PM 12/20/2001 -0500, kahley wrote:
>IMHO, the poster included it to allude (imply? infer?)
>that she was shot and I wanted to clarify.