[Leica] Re: luggers with books now firearms

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)]

Shotguns? Here in New Orleans we prefer the Kalashnikov for holiday 
shootings, you're bound to hit something.

Horrible I know, but daily occurrence.

Chris



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Carney" 
Subject: RE: [Leica] luggers with books

> Excerpt:
> 
> After seven or eight glasses of Chivas Brothers Royal Salute 50 year old
> scotch (mmmm!) someone suggests that we go outside and shoot a bunch of the
> empty scotch bottles with my very impressive Browning Citori over-and-under
> shotguns. We photograph one another firing guns and blasting bottles off of
> one another's heads. When we can barely stand and one or two of us have 
> been
> winged by stray pellets, we retire to the house and stack our cameras on 
> the
> kitchen table.
> _______________________
> Kyle, as a long-time hunter and shooter, I am pretty sensitive to
> gun safety.  I must say that I don't think the choice of a shotgun, to 
> shoot
> empty scotch bottles off the heads of guests, is really appropriate.  But 
> if
> you must, I really suggest a small-bore, like a .410, or at most a 28-gauge
> like the one Dick Cheney used to whack Harry Whittington.  A 12-gauge would
> present issues, and conceivably even liability concerns.  Just my 2c in the
> interest of responsible firearm ownership.
> 
> Ken