I was reading this insane news story this morning about a 16 year old boy who got shot in the head on his birthday because during a friendly snowball fight with his pals one of the snowballs went off course and hit a neighbor. The boy said he was sorry numerous times but the angry guy wasn’t having any of it and went home to grab his gun. When he returned he shot the birthday boy in the head on his porch.
Is this a normal response to an errant snowball? The logical answer is no. But in Philly things may be different. Actually, they are different.
And it is a fucking shame I tell you.
Where are the role models and heros?
Gone by the way of the gun.
Hopefully the kid will live, but if he does will it be worth it to him? Probably not.
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