I blame television... let's ban it :O
And Pokémon's new popularity had to come with another stupid accident, it does feel like 2000 all over again. I wonder when the next kid will jump out of a window thinking he's charizard.
I do blame television, though, for some reason they censor the kid shows which show the real danger of guns, but when Bugs Bunny shoot someone in the face, they turn into ashes with eyeballs and come back without a scratch in the next scene. Yeah, let's show kids how dangerous guns are by showing them how someone DOES NOT die when you shoot him :O
But, yeah, the Dratini episode was too terrible to show to little kids...
I could start ranting about how the legality of guns in America might have had an effect on this, but I won't.