Personally, I feel we should outlaw bathing. I'm a bit scared now--sounds dangerous. So here's a ditty I thought might describe some more fears of mine (as one of the "kids" that gun laws are supposed to protect). . .

Not-So-Irrational Fears
somewhat to the tune of "My Grandfather's Clock"

My mother's bathtub was quite deep, I should say,
And she bathed in it every day
Well one moment she was singing and shaving her legs
Then she drowned and she's gone, gone away

Chorus
Irrational fears seem so rational to me,
When I think of the scare over guns,
Drowning, and bee stings, and shark bites and more,
Death seems like it's always at my door.

I once knew a boy who was stung by a bee,
And he died of a deadly allergy
We were out on the playground climbing the monkey bars
Then he fell and he cried out to me.

Chorus

I was spending vacation swimming in the Florida Keys, When a shark came and chomped on my knee, My bleeding was profuse, and a tourniquet no use, I got gangrene and that was the end of me.

Chorus

These are all more likely to happen then someone taking a shot at me at school, so maybe we should outlaw bathtubs and start a genocidal war against bees and sharks? There are so many other things to worry about in life. Why worry about death until it happens. Personally, when I die, I die, but I plan on enjoying whatever time I have on this earth, and I can't do that if I'm always worrying about improbabilities. It's bad karma, you know. . .

Peace--Keli