I was watching the news last night when the most outrageous story appeared: parents in Texas, (where else?) are holding their young childrens' birthday parties at gun clubs. The children gain hands-on experience shooting guns as entertainment. Sort of like "Chuckie Cheese" but with guns. The reporter did not say if shooting practice is before or after ice cream and cake is served, or whether the children would be playing shoot the tail off the donkey instead of pin the tail on the donkey.
Now, I have mixed feelings about gun control, remembering, as I do, both Kennedy shootings, and subsequent assassination attempts on other leaders. But I also remember those last days of the Nixon presidency and how no one knew if he was going to call out the National Guard and refuse to give up his office. In addition to Nixon, there was VP Dick Cheney, enough said about him. This is my long-winded way of saying that generally, I'm on the fence about gun control. But these parties give me cause for great concern. Some how, I doubt that my parents, part of what Tom Brokaw calls The Greatest Generation would have allowed me to attend such a party.
So, please listen to me-I'm not sure how to say this-WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?? Are they that stupid? How about criminal charges? Like felony child endangerment, perhaps? Were they raised to value life or raised with any common sense at all?
