Guns With In The Sport Of BMX
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Gene`s BMX News ( Commentary ) -- 10/25/2006 Some people out there wonder why the BMX rider counts are down at BMX tracks and BMX events around the world. Its a topic found allot among people in the internet's BMXing community. Among the topic of the BMX rider counts, is Kids with Guns. Some scary thoughts arise among the kids and the parents with the thought of a gun being at BMX events or places that the BMXers are riding there bikes at. Over this last week a med number of BMX post boards on the web and in Myspace.com has seen some topic issues with firearms being at the BMX tracks and in places that the BMXers are riding there bikes at. Some findings in the talks about guns and BMX show some scare, scary talks among some of the BMX youth.  Some posts say that they would not think twice to pull a gun out and shooting at someone letting the air out of a bike tire, even if it was a joke. Some posts even go into how a youth would like to shoot another youth because they never win BMX events and are always in the way. Some posts also found, show youth as young as 12 years old, They brag of taking a firearm to a BMX event for protection but have never pulled it out. Some posts also show talks of people legally carrying a gun for protection at BMX events and BMXing around in there towns and cites. Obviously with allot of talks of guns starting to show up and being with in the sport of BMX, Its no wonder why we are seeing a drop in the BMX rider counts. Just doing this small report gave me abit of a scare and a wake up. With all the school house gun shooting seen in the big press and now the findings of talks of guns hitting in to the BMX community, It makes you really wonder, Does the BMXing community have some problems with guns mixing with BMXing kids out there? WAKE UP! Parents, where are you? Does your kids pack a gun when BMXing? Guns and the sport of BMX - Do Not Mix! No matter what age the person is that has a gun. Help Save A Life, Don't just stand there and watch a life be taken. If you are at a BMX event and you see someone with a gun, Please pick up a phone and call 911. Please be safe out there everyone, |
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