Show Put That Gun This might well have been the plea of a Salt Lake City who was shot in his home by a saddened brother of 13 had he known his fate before the Despite all the pleas and warnings to parents that guns have no place in the home where youngsters may have access to cruel and saddening facts show that every week or two some family learns the folly of such carelessness the heart-breaking way Tempting fate and the spirit of adventure of the youth of America really is dangerous and adds many avoidable deaths to our staggering casualty figures year after The recent Salt Lake City fatality should be the most forceful warning of the dangers of leaving guns and ammunition where youngsters can get to In this case two 22 caliber rifles were left in the living room along with an inviting box of shells on the Minutes before the brothers had been engaged in a harmless game of Seconds later one of the youths was struggling on the floor with an but fatal wound in his Of course the parents were away at the The last sentence above is a time worn one that creeps into the headlines Just minutes before the parents had left these two lethal weapons and the box of shells could have been put away in seconds If no other place could be found in their small apartment for they should have been securely locked in the trunk of daddy's As long as loaded or guns are left in places where youngsters can get we are going to continue to read heartbreaking headlines in newspapers that another adventuresome girl or boy has met death from the cold steel or lead of a bullet so innocently fired by the a loved one or a neighboring Daddy or or put these weapons in a afe place There may be many who read this sincere warning who say their youngsters have been continually warned of the dangers of playing with guns and will not heed this grim In one or more of these homes your son or daughter could be the next Do it please put that gun or guns and ammunition away Let's not have our area saddened with one single RICHFIELD REAPER |