It pains me to read the same headlines every 4th of July and every New Year, “Girl hit by stray bullet while watching fireworks…” Folks, nearly all us gun owners know better but, there are always bad apples (typically noobs) who just don’t get it. What goes up must come down…Typically with enough force to injure or kill and certainly damage property.

Police say the girl was hit shortly after midnight Wednesday in the buttocks by what initially was believed to be fireworks as she stood outside her home in the 900 block of Alametos Street. It was later found to be a bullet, believed to have been fired by someone to ring in the New Year, police said.

via Girl hit by stray bullet while watching fireworks – Houston Chronicle.

So count this as a Public Service Announcement…Friends don’t let friends launch bullets without knowing where those bullets are going.

-GM