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In the discussion thread: Linkin Leatham, 'Miracle' Baby, Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself With Father's Gun [View all]

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 06:16 PM

Heather MC (4,809 posts)

68. Triggers require more torque. Don't they?

How many did he eat?

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91 replies	Author	Time	Post
Linkin Leatham, 'Miracle' Baby, Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself With Father's Gun [View all]	onehandle	Sep 2012	OP
Ohh, there are no words...	hlthe2b	Sep 2012	#1
May the little one RIP....now charge the parents with negligence.	AnOhioan	Sep 2012	#2
I	TheCowsCameHome	Sep 2012	#3
.	Kadie	Sep 2012	#4
Oh God...	nolabear	Sep 2012	#5
"...their son picked up a handgun left at his eye level and inadvertently fired it"	Flaxbee	Sep 2012	#6
I may get flamed for this but the parents should be	avebury	Sep 2012	#9
I'm not flaming you.	classof56	Sep 2012	#12
Totally Agree!!!	liberallibral	Sep 2012	#14
+1 (nt)	harmonicon	Sep 2012	#15
Gun control starts at home. nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Sep 2012	#20
No Flames, that poor baby had some a couple of dipshits for parents	Heather MC	Sep 2012	#21
"What kind of moron keeps a loaded gun within arms reach of unsupervised 2 year old"	cstanleytech	Sep 2012	#27
it is true...	defacto7	Sep 2012	#30
Owen Leatham, who is a police officer	obamanut2012	Sep 2012	#51
Something is fishy about this, if he is a police officer.	dixiegrrrrl	Sep 2012	#56
Now that I have recovered a little from the shock	Heather MC	Sep 2012	#66
My 2 year old managed to remove all the screws in his daddy's jeep	dixiegrrrrl	Sep 2012	#67
Triggers require more torque. Don't they?	Heather MC	Sep 2012	#68
Have no idea how much pressure it took to fire the gun in question.	dixiegrrrrl	Sep 2012	#69
No responsible gun owner I know would leave a gun at eye level of a 2yr old.	Tigress DEM	Sep 2012	#31
The only way to prevent tragedies like this is to take guns out of the equation.	wickerwoman	Sep 2012	#36
I don't buy that. We educated people not to have mini-blinds near a crib.	Tigress DEM	Sep 2012	#38
I totally accept that there are responsible gun owners out there	wickerwoman	Sep 2012	#60
IF the NRA were as upset about these kind of tragedies as we are...	Tigress DEM	Sep 2012	#71
So government public safety campaigns are a waste of money and don't work?	hack89	Sep 2012	#48
No	wickerwoman	Sep 2012	#61
Did we decide to "accept" the carnage due to alcohol?	hack89	Sep 2012	#64
Yes. We did.	wickerwoman	Sep 2012	#74
The present laws have contributed to historically low levels of gun violence	hack89	Sep 2012	#75
How much safer would we be if so many folks weren't accumulating/carrying guns? A lot I think.	Hoyt	Sep 2012	#76
All those guns have not led to more shootings, injuries or deaths	hack89	Sep 2012	#77
Guns have led to more deaths, tragedy than needed. To make gun crowd happy, we have to accept	Hoyt	Sep 2012	#78
Why don't we simply focus the legal system on violent criminals?	hack89	Sep 2012	#81
Because guns -- and promotion of more and more guns in society -- are part of the problem.	Hoyt	Sep 2012	#84
Drugs and drugs gangs are a much bigger problem.	hack89	Sep 2012	#86
I'm sure that's a great comfort to the dead two year old.	wickerwoman	Sep 2012	#89
What a ridiculous remark	hack89	Sep 2012	#91
So, you believe police officers should not be allowed to own guns?	obamanut2012	Sep 2012	#52
They should not be allowed to keep them in their private residences loaded on a coffee table.	wickerwoman	Sep 2012	#62
Problem is we have no idea how many gun owners are "responsible"	yellowcanine	Sep 2012	#83
No flaming here. Who does that? People need to be responsible parents.	Jennicut	Sep 2012	#45
sad	trailmonkee	Sep 2012	#7
RIP	Liberalynn	Sep 2012	#8
Unfuckingreal....	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Sep 2012	#10
The poor innocent baby at least died with his freedumbs.	valerief	Sep 2012	#11
Toddler, in this case.	truthisfreedom	Sep 2012	#18
There's a lot we could say about the parents...	Momgonepostal	Sep 2012	#13
I can't even let myself imagine how horrific it must have been	renate	Sep 2012	#29
OK, I'm maybe going to flamed for this...	lapfog_1	Sep 2012	#16
Did you guys read the article?	WinstonSmith4740	Sep 2012	#17
Not just a gun - a loaded gun, with a round in the chamber, and the safety off,	mikeytherat	Sep 2012	#37
Almost sounds like a set up, doesn't it?	dixiegrrrrl	Sep 2012	#70
Why do cops have to take their guns home with them?	AngryOldDem	Sep 2012	#39
Being a police officer doesn't mean you're any smarter than anyone else	slackmaster	Sep 2012	#44
Something smells about this...can't put my finger on it just yet but i din't like the sound of it.	nanabugg	Sep 2012	#19
It smells alright...	Kalidurga	Sep 2012	#25
Well, toddlers are left alone while sleeping... and from there they can wander.	Tigress DEM	Sep 2012	#33
One of the reasons my kids all slept with me. I slept light "just in case." nt	Still Blue in PDX	Sep 2012	#90
Agreed.	McCamy Taylor	Sep 2012	#26
yeah, the circumstances of significant congenital health problems	renegade000	Sep 2012	#47
Call me a cynic, but I detect the same strange scent (n/t)	Tom Ripley	Sep 2012	#58
Ho hum. Just another day of carnage in Gun Humping Amurika.	Arugula Latte	Sep 2012	#22
Saddest thread on here.	caseymoz	Sep 2012	#23
Put the frickin' cretin parents in jail for negligent homicide, child abuse/neglect, whatever.	kath	Sep 2012	#24
A two-year-old who was sick at birth holds a gun so as to be able to pull the trigger and shoot his	JDPriestly	Sep 2012	#28
It takes very little strength and dexterity.	ManiacJoe	Sep 2012	#63
Welcome to Utah	defacto7	Sep 2012	#32
I have no words for this..	AsahinaKimi	Sep 2012	#34
the Gungeon devotees haven't gotten the memo to post in here yet	CreekDog	Sep 2012	#35
I premptively ignored most of them.	Javaman	Sep 2012	#41
They're not interesting at all.	onehandle	Sep 2012	#57
Some dumb parent failed a gun safety course!	Odin2005	Sep 2012	#40
Are you sure? I think a police officer knows not to leave a gun out	CreekDog	Sep 2012	#42
Basic gun safety should be taught in public schools	slackmaster	Sep 2012	#43
If that father needs a class to learn not to leave loaded sidearms around toddlers	Blue_Tires	Sep 2012	#49
The father appears to be a cop	obamanut2012	Sep 2012	#53
Which makes his negligence even more suspicious...	Blue_Tires	Sep 2012	#54
I have several cops in my extended family	obamanut2012	Sep 2012	#55
+1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	Tom Ripley	Sep 2012	#59
And who will teach/certify the safety course, those approved by NRA leadership -- Norquist, Bolton,	Hoyt	Sep 2012	#79
Local law enforcement agencies, shooting ranges, gun clubs, colleges, retired military people	slackmaster	Sep 2012	#80
I think promotion of guns -- under guise of training, or whatever -- has no place in school.	Hoyt	Sep 2012	#82
Does teaching kids the dangers of unsafe sex promote sex?	slackmaster	Sep 2012	#85
Guns and sex are hardly in the same category, unless one is really into their guns.	Hoyt	Sep 2012	#87
Your logic is flawed, and I don't accept your claim of insight into millions of peoples' motivations	slackmaster	Sep 2012	#88
The father has to get charged for this, right??	Blue_Tires	Sep 2012	#46
The father is a police officer	obamanut2012	Sep 2012	#50
"Guns' inevitable targets are family members."	4th law of robotics	Sep 2012	#65
.. :(	Politicub	Sep 2012	#72
Mommy and daddy need to go to jail now for negligent homicide at a minimum. This was no accident	trouble.smith	Sep 2012	#73

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