Downside of rifles

I grew up on a farm and enjoyed shooting gophers. One day I started thinking, “What does a gopher do when I shoot it but don’t kill it? It runs into its hole and what does it do there? It suffers until it dies!”

I was disgusted with myself and sold my rifle. If I want to kill gophers, I do so by poisoning them. Today I’m glad I don’t own a rifle.

Jack Driedger, Saskatoon