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06-17-2012 11:57 AM |
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Originally Posted by Danno
(Post 412526)
This just absolutely hurts my heart that anyone can feel this way about a teenager goofing off and getting killed. You and Crusader's comments are so far off of how I view things that I just don't know what to say. :(
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Stupid is as stupid does Danno. I know some teenagers, "goofing around" as you call it, who stood on the opposite side of the road of my grandfather's business. They had a .22 rifle and took shots at gas tanks, 4 of them, 87, 89, 91, and diesel, used to store gas purchased from Conoco and distributed to local stations, in an attempt to blow them up. "Goofing off..."
At 17 if you don't know any more about the potential consequences of your actions than to fire a loaded weapon randomly then, what, I'm supposed to feel sorry for you?
In a way I do. It's sad the kid is dead. But you know, at 7 years old I fired my BB gun at a wooden door and the BB bounced back and hit me squarely between the eyes. I was seven, and by 17 I knew better, and would have known better without the lesson 10 years earlier.
Guns aren't toys. They are to be taken VERY seriously. I feel strongly about that. If you're 17 and you haven't realized that then I'm not sure what to say. It's not ignorance by definition. It's stupid...by definition.
"Goofing off" is sure as hell not an excuse for doing something dangerous. What if his girlfriend was the one that died? What if he had killed someone other than his own dumb ass? What then? Do we give him a pass because he was "goofing off" as teenagers do? What if he were 20 and not 17? Does he still get the "goofing off" pass? Bull ****.
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