[elbucko]

"Biography of a gun"

The title tells the tail. Guns don't have a "biography". This is an attempt to anthropomorphize an inanimate object as the precursor and instigator of a human crime. To absolve the responsibility of humans for the manner they may use a "tool". To be sure, there are crimes along the way, but they are committed by humans. Many of whom, should know better.

[Skywalk]

Yeah, reminds me of the little ads up before the movies at Loews Cineplex. One of them refers to a movie called American Gun, where the father of a daughter that was killed by a man using a gun tracks down all the previous owners of the weapon and 'confronts his own demons.'

Now, I'm sure in a WAY this kind of collection of tales could be interesting, but the movie should never have been made. The man using the gun was responsible for the murder. No one would even think about tracking down previous owners of a hammer or bat or tire iron, it'd be STUPID.

The same thing with a 'gun biography' unless it's truly a collectible and belonged to some interesting characters, but that's any object.

[henderson field]

The Detroit "Free Press," which distributes "Biography of a Gun" is a liberal newspaper; the Detroit News is less so.