How can this possibly make sense?

I saw the news story today about the US Air pilot on a flight from Denver who managed to accidentally discharge his pistol in the cockpit--mid-flight! Nobody was hurt, but this is why guns are a bad idea. People think that the guns will protect them, but the darned things are more likely to wind up involved in accidents or worse. Details about this particular mishap are sketchy, but I doubt the cursed thing was holstered at the time. Can we please stop pretending this is a good idea before someone gets hurt?

CDs listened to today:

• Dmitri Shostakovich: The String Quartets, disk 6
• Various Artists: Sounds Of The Seventies: 1974
• Rand Steiger: Hexadecathlon: "A New-Slain Knight"
• Dafnis Prieto: Absolute Quintet
• The Earlies: These Were The Earlies
• Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet In A, "The Trout"