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2016 Postmortem

BlueDemKev

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12. In all fairness...

Reply to busterbrown (Reply #10)

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 06:16 PM

Feb 2013

...not all gun-owners are drunken, toothless, half-brained rednecks. Even so, it's common sense to have your gun(s) locked up and the key hidden in a place where the kids cannot access it. The kid is 4 years old??? Sheesh, hadn't he taught his son to NEVER touch a gun?? Even the NRA encourages that in its Eddie Eagle program!

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4 year old shoots himself in stomach with Dad’s gun. [View all] busterbrown Feb 2013 OP

MOAR GUNZ!!!!! kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #1

But, But - America Is The Wild West And Guns Are Sacrosanct In This Society cantbeserious Feb 2013 #2

And then there's this 2 year old Pennsylvania boy shoots self with mother's gun Little Star Feb 2013 #3

the law of entropy at play - lots of guns - lots of gun violence samsingh Feb 2013 #4

5 yr old shoots self with father's gun. Graybeard Feb 2013 #5

2 yr old shoots self with fathers gun. Graybeard Feb 2013 #6

It happens a lot. Robb Feb 2013 #7

Clearly, none of the parents mentioned in this thread Pool Hall Ace Feb 2013 #8

Jesus! Why the hell wasn't the gun locked up?? BlueDemKev Feb 2013 #9

One wonders if he didn’t pass out.. Overworked, Booze, who knows. busterbrown Feb 2013 #10

In all fairness... BlueDemKev Feb 2013 #12

I certainly agree with that N/T busterbrown Feb 2013 #13

Or maybe he was just lazy, or careless. Crunchy Frog Feb 2013 #17

Just because a person legally owns a gun Crunchy Frog Feb 2013 #16

.......... alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #11

Gun safety should be taught in schools. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2013 #14

Too bad that Dad wasn't stopped by a good guy with a gun. Crunchy Frog Feb 2013 #15

a gun that's locked away is not going to protect you from armed marauders.. frylock Feb 2013 #18