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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (2725)	2/23/2002 3:40:55 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

"There's a plan I want to carry out to impress the importance of gun safety on my kids. Here is the plan. I shall call both my kids (ages nine and six) down to the basement (unfinished, concrete walls) with the announcement that I'm going to teach them gun safety. I shall then stand them at my work bench and bore them with talk about how they must never, ever touch a gun without permission, if they see a gun lying unattended should call an adult, etc., etc... To the point where they begin to fidget (i.e. approx. 20 seconds). Then I'll show them my two handguns lying on the bench, waiting (I tell them) to be cleaned. I'll assure them the guns are unloaded. However, I'll warn them that even when you are absolutely sure a gun is unloaded, you must never fool with it, and must never, ever point it at anyone. While explaining this I shall pick up my revolver and handle it in a manner apparently casual (but in fact carefully rehearsed). I'll add that as well as never pointing a gun at anyone you don't intend to kill, you must also never put your finger on the trigger, except when intending to shoot. At this point I'll "accidentally" press the trigger... firing a single magnum round into a large block of wood set behind my bench for this purpose, backed by concrete wall & solid earth. The noise will be absolutely deafening, the smoke visible & pungent, the shock effect tremendous. (Neighbors will be pre-warned.) I myself shall act surprised and embarrassed. The kids will run howling from the scene, and will forever afterwards take guns very seriously indeed. That's the plan. I am sure it will have the required effect. Unfortunately, it has hit one largish snag: Rosie tells me that if I try to implement it, she will divorce me." nationalreview.com