Published in the Friday Times on September 14, 2007
Sir,
According to a news item, a nine-year old boy killed one person and injured another after seeing his father fire a gun in the air while celebrating Independence Day.Even if the victim;s family agrees to a compromise and does not take legal action, the police are ignorant of two other crimes committed by the boy's father.
First, he should have kept his gun securely locked in a safe place, and second, he should never have fired his gun into the air. Too many people have been killed or injured when people resort to aerial firing during wedding celebrations, and I knew someone who almost died when a bullet came down from the skies and pierced his shoulder blades. The police should register a case against a boy's father for these two offences.
Shakir Lakhani
Karachi
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