Thursday, September 15, 2011

Shooting Guns in the Air a Bad Idea?

Does South Florida really need to be told that shooting guns in the air is a bad idea?

Apparently so. The Fourth of July weekend is here and so South Floridians are prepping their barbeques, and apparently cleaning the guns. Each year we continue getting reports of people shooting their guns in the air to celebrate America's independence.

Gun owners: once and for all, stop doing this! Obviously not all gun owners engage in this recklessness. After all, guns don't kill people - it's people that kill other people, right. And sure, it's only the gun owner who happens to be an idiot that thinks it's a barrel of laughs to shoot off their guns on the Fourth, with no thought or concern over what happens when those bullets fall from the sky.

But what amazes me is that city officials still have to actually remind people that this activity is dangerous and illegal, as recently reported by The Miami Herald. It reminds me of an incident that occurred recently during the NBA playoffs. After some jerk threw debris onto the court in the middle of a game, the game announcer could be heard advising people in the stands: "Please don't throw things onto the Court during game play." Then Jeff Van Gundy, doing the color commentary on T.V., pointed out the obvious: do people really need to be told not to do that?!

Well, apparently some people just don't get it. How many victims of stray bullets, some of whom get killed, does it take for the idiot gun owner to realize he/she should just keep shooting beer cans instead of people? Hey you: FYI, bullets that go up must come down!
It may be good for my personal injury business to go after these jerks of behalf of their shooting victims; but people come on, it's way past time to start taking personal responsibility for that dangerous instrument in your hand.

By Bryant Esquenazi on July 1, 2010 12:32 PM

No comments:

Post a Comment