SAFETY NOTE: DON'T PLAY WITH PEN GUNS

I know rappers tend to have immortality complexes but mix that with alcohol and you got a very, very, very bad combination. An aspiring rapper, Mr. Pit (aka Steven Zorn) died recently after accidentally shooting himself in the head with a .25 caliber pen gun.

"According to the Dayton Daily News, about a week before he died, a friend gave Zorn a pen gun, which was jammed at the time. On the evening of Nov. 18, Zorn was celebrating his record deal at home with two friends, Shane Hanes and Cody Cornette, seniors from nearby Graham High School. According to witness accounts sometime after 11 p.m. a drunken Zorn walked up to his computer and pulled the pen gun out of his pocket and started playing with it.

Friends and family say Zorn believed the weapon was inoperable, that the .25-caliber bullet was jammed. Zorn held the gun to the right side of his head and clicked three times. The gun fired on the third click and Zorn fell to the floor.

He was flown by helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, where he was declared brain-dead but kept alive long enough to donate organs. He died on November 19. With a bright musical future ahead for the young man, family, friends and the local law enforcement all believe that his death was accidental."

Zorn's parents are now starting a campaign to warn people of the dangers of pen guns and while I don't mean to diminish their tragedy, one would have to ask if perhaps the better point wouldn't be to warn people against the dangers of 1) guns (pen or not) and 2) drinking (with guns).

--O.W.