Land of Oz

Gun Control

I just had a pretty good thought this morning as I listened to the news on the radio on my morning drive. The news was the usual about shootings and dead bodies and school lockdowns and such. Why don't the police offer marksmanship classes and promote good shooting to the gang members? Hear me out. If the gang-bangers could shoot straighter there's two big advantages that I can see. First, they'd be a lot less likely to hit "innocent" bystanders and second, they'd be a lot more likely to hit each other - and is that really such a bad thing?

Yes, there are real innocent bystanders. However, I find it hard to believe there's such a thing as an "innocent" bystander outside a bar at 2 a.m. when 9mms start flying. Especially since most of the bars that do have these problems aren't all that hard to recognize and most of the time it isn't like the first time trouble has happened. At the Burger King drive through at 1 a.m. you should have a fair expectation of safety. Outside Bubba's Sportsmen Club at 2 a.m. in amongst the broken bottles and discarded rubbers, your expectations should be of anything but safety.