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Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Words To Live By
So sez Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca:

"Don't fire a gun into the air. You might kill someone."

Baca, L.A. police chief William Bratton and District Attorney Steve Cooley held a press conference Tuesday to remind people not to shoot their guns in the air at midnight on New Year's Eve. The L.A. Times reports that at least 40 people have been killed in L.A. County since 1985 because of "celebratory gunfire."

Of ways to die, that's up there in competition for the suckiest.

The police and sheriff's departments even held a "Don't Shoot" essay and poster contest at area schools.

The MTA, meanwhile, plans to soon announce its "Don't Pee On The Third Rail" songwriting competition.

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