For those of us who already think the United States is out of its collective tree in the ease with which most of its citizens, no matter how psychologically out of whack, seem to get guns today the nation - and the state of Illinois in particular - has excelled itself. It has granted a firearms licence to a 10 month old baby after his father sent in the standard application form and paid $5 for a licence.
Of course the laws being as strict as they are, the Illinois licensing authorities had to have firm evidence of the baby's desire to possess the weapon - a shotgun willed to him by his grandfather as an heirloom - so he had to sign the form himself, a little squiggle appears on the form - with a little parental help no doubt.
The application was at first rejected - whooaaaaa common sense rearing its unwanted head you may say? Er..no they had no query over the fact that he was only 10 months old but he had forgotten to tick the box that said he was a U.S. citizen. Oh well that's all right then! Soon corrected!
Once that was dealt with the proud little baby received his own gun licence complete with his personal details of age weight and height. I suppose the redeeming fact is that he is too young to pull the trigger and that as he grows older, intelligent and reasoned parenting will ensure that he learns responsibility and care. Uh huh!!
Intelligent parenting. Er..did I mention the kid's name? Its Bubba. Yes really!
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