23/08/11

Jonah wanted to know about Ned Kelly. We looked him up and read about him on Wikipedia. Then he wanted to know what type of gun he used (of course!) and we discovered he and his gang amassed quite an arsinal. He found the most interesting fact about the guns they used was this; 

Leading up to the battle at Glenrowan the Gang amassed an arsenal of unknown size. What is known is that they bought additional firearms including some Winchester rifles and a treacherous Colt revolving rifle, which had the unpleasant knack of firing all six chambers at once and removing the shooters fingers. 

Jonah told Jono about this in great detail :)

We talked about how dangerous guns can be for the shooter as well as the person or thing being shot at. Then he looked up some images...

now both boys are dressed up as cowboys and out in the yard playing outlaw games :)

I've ordered some books and DVD docos from the library and plan to encourage the kids to decide for themselves whether he was a cold blooded killer or a hero ;)