I was talking with some friends just north of where the incident happened. No offense to the two poor souls that got injured, but I'm kind of glad that those two folks were there to take the bullet for me. That guy could have wandered down to where I was sawing on my hand tool and seeing that it's possible to play music with just about anything, he might have decided to pull his hand gun out and try play a melody on it right in front of me. I think that my saw blade could have fended off a few of the stray stray bullets that usually accompanys such beginner attempts at musical hand gun playing but things could have gotten really ugly. I've heard folks who are beginner hand gun players. Besides the awful racket they make, they can really make a mess of a practice room. Worse than that, I know from experience that most hand guns, like most saws, just don't have the capability to adequately reproduce musical tones. The frustration of not having a very good sounding musical gun to play can drive some folks berserk. They might decide to take up the musical pliers. Now there's a tragedy!

But as long as folks are going to explore playing music with hand guns in a public setting, it might be time to think about trying to come up with a kevlar guitar. I'm sure that acoustically it'll sound awful. You'll probably have to include some sort of onboard pickup and preamp with it. But, it will fill an important need, to afford the user all of the protection needed in these modern times.

I already have a jingle.

Johnny had no fear he had a kevlar guitar
He didn't mind playin' sets in a roudy bar
And at the folk festival when gun shots were ringin'
You could still hear Johnny strummin' and singin'

So, if you're lookin for the ultimate in performance protection
Look no further than this latest invention
If you're worried 'bout bullets shot near or far
Better start playin' a kevlar guitar