Part of what we do here on SoBros Network, as the educational platform that we are, is try to inform the masses. I learned something new today, folks. And, frankly, I feel compelled to share it with you all so that you too may learn from my naivety. Today, I learned that it’s actually not that good of an idea to fire a gun into an open body of water in order to catch a fish. That is apparently not cool, at least in Kansas (34th state to join the United States of America).
Someone allegedly decided to use a 9 mm gun to catch fish in Garden City on Tuesday, but they got caught by game wardens.
Yeah, I guess this is frowned upon. I don’t know what the rules are here in Tennessee, but maybe we should hold up and let the fine fine people of Kansas cook. They may be onto something here. I always thought this was a widely accepted practice. After all, where did the phrase ‘like shooting fish in a barrel’ come from? I’m sure it was from someone shooting fish in a barrel with his gun. However, upon learning about physics and shit, I have been enlightened to the fact that bullets can indeed ricochet off of the water…so, that actually makes it pretty dangerous to just open fire into a lake or pond.
I get it now…and I’ve grown as a person from reading this story. I mean, there can be no practical reason to fish with a gun anyway, right? You’re going to absolutely obliterate any fish you “catch” by shooting at it. Imagine showing off your catch in a photo but it’s just like a chunk of the fish’s tail. You bring home the animal to clean up and serve for dinner, and it’s just a Ziploc bag of random fish parts. You’re having fish nuggets for dinner? Yeah, maybe we should just listen to the game wardens on this one. They kind of have a point.
Also, for some reason, this story reminds me of the time we heard from a distance, “hey you guys want some Cheez-Its?” We turned to discover that our resident film critic had picked up our buddy’s gun and was pointing it at the top of the box of Cheez-Its. Our friend hid his gun from Brandon after that incident. Could’ve been a totally effective way of opening that box of Cheez-Its. Guess we’ll never know.
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