Re: traditional american event ruined by gun nut

nick wrote:

> "The Ku Klux Klan, the white supremacy group notorious for its lynchings
> of black people and those who favoured desegregation, has scored a
> spectacular own goal. One of its members has been critically injured after
> being struck by a bullet fired into the air during a Klan initiation
> ceremony."
> 
> "About 10 people were present at the ceremony, in which a new member was
> blindfolded, tied to a tree and shot with paint pellets of the kind used
> by management training groups to build team spirit. In order to give the
> event a more dramatic feel, one member, Gregory Freeman, 45, fired a real
> pistol with live ammunition straight up into the air."
> 
> "It would appear that the Klan, always dismissive of the laws that
> entitled all citizens to vote and receive an education, also has little
> respect for the law of gravity. The bullet, having gone straight up in the
> air came straight down and straight through the head of Jeffrey Murr, 24.
> It went through his skull, leaving him in critical condition"
> 
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1093311,00.html

The problem of dumbasses with guns will eventually solve itself.
-- 
Al