Re: The Blame Game

On 4/14/08 11:43 AM,"PJ" <pjmott@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Apr 14, 11:35�am, "chaser" <i...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>> It's a tough call...but I believe there are people there that didn't
really
>> share any responsibility for Michael's shooting...I refuse to call it
an
>> accident like Kate's doing, since there was nothing accidental about
ANY of
>> it except who got hit. It wasn't an accident that the gun was there or
that
>> he was firing into a building where children were---he already knew
that.

>> At least that's how I see it...
>> 
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> 
> Thank you. It's really been bugging me that Kate keeps calling the
> shooting an accident. How do you accidentally shoot somebody? You
> either pull the trigger or you don't. If you do, then you're to blame
> for whatever happens. Choices are made and responsibilities arise from
> those choices. Anybody who picks up a gun and fires it is responsible
> for the results whether they hit their target or something/someone
> else. Period.
> 
> PJ

I agree with you both.  When my dad was teaching me to shoot he told
me,"NEVER pull the trigger unless you are positive that you want to kill
what you are aiming at...and make sure you KNOW what you are aiming at."

Guns don't kill people; people kill people.