Who would’ve thought a nice evening watching ABC's Dancing with the Stars would end in an all-night standoff with a SWAT team?
Bristol Palin (Photo from nydailynews.com)
According to a report from the Associated Press, Steven Cowan, a rural Wisconsin resident, was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment after he fired his shotgun at his television screen following Bristol Palin’s dance routine on Dancing with the Stars.
Cowan’s wife, Janice Cowan, said that her husband became enraged because a political figure's daughter was dancing on TV even though he felt she didn't have talent.
Steven Cowan (Photo from CBS News)
What makes this story scarier is the fact that Cowan suffers from bipolar disorder and he has weapons. This is as good an example for some form of gun control legislation as I’ve ever seen...
Your last line says it all.
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Luckily in Canada the Possession Acquisition Firearms License is already in place to do background checks on Canadians whishing to purchase firearms (which Harper never wanted to remove). This however, is separate from the Gun registry (which Harper wanted to remove), which has nothing to do with keeping guns out of the hands of crazies and criminals.
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