Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forum3-year-old boy critical after apparent accidental shooting (San Antonio)
A San Antonio Police Department spokesman says the boy apparently shot himself after getting is hands on a gun.
more (not much)
http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2015/05/09/sapd-investigates-shooting-of-3-year-old.html
If only there had been a good guy with a gun to help this innocent kid defend himself
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)Kids are more replaceable to some.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)And just who said that?
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)I feel bad for the kid, who may now die.
Perhaps if the person who left the gun accessible to the kid had felt concerned for the kid's well being, he would still be unhurt.
I assure you the gun owner has regrets and feels bad, but I doubt they feel bad enough to give up their gun. So yes, for some a child can be replaced, but a gun, not so much.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)msongs
(67,441 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)3catwoman3
(24,041 posts)...not an accident. It is negligence.
I hope he makes it.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)Your little snarky comment is bullshit!!!!
And you and your ilk accuse us of being uncaring?
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)wherein they relish taking advantage of a tragedy to somehow "Shame®" their enemies by blaming the actions of the few on the millions who are not at fault.
In don't think these posters realize that few folks in DU go for that extremist approach, and that it discredits their "cause."
Poor kid.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)The snarky comment is just over the top bad taste and I would think that host should edit his post
Hope the child pulls through and they charge the negligent owner.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)encouragement to him, instead, you post some fucking sick comment.
You really should be ashamed of yourselves.
Shamash
(597 posts)blueridge3210
(1,401 posts)Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)It only reinforces my assertion that the pro 2A side are much more compassionate and caring about the total human experience, and all of humanity not just those we agree with. Now that's progressive.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)Except that's not what you posted in your thread, you chose to post some sick fucking comment instead of sympathy or encouragement for the child.
beevul
(12,194 posts)Here, let me fix it for you:
"Let's stop this from happening again", but we are only interested in one single means of stopping it. As our SOP in the other group says, we have our minds made up."
hack89
(39,171 posts)You just can't abide with the notion that our solution is different than yours.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)Response to Electric Monk (Reply #23)
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discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)I mean cowbell! I gotta fever and...
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)That, and palming off dodgy reportage as gospel truth:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172145999#op
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)or something like that
We're getting kind of off topic now from the story in the OP, though.
hack89
(39,171 posts)not sure what the point of your op is. Flamebait with an inflammatory statement and no meaningful commentary has only one purpose and it is not finding common ground to solve a real problem.
beevul
(12,194 posts)The bar for infraction seems to have been lowered a bit, judging by the hides.
One side seems explicitly allowed such, while posters on the other side of the issue get posts hidden for far less.
I'm sure its all coincidental.
It does however, serve to strengthen my resolve, and basically confirms to me that those on the other side with few exceptions, are bad actors.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)...serve a useful purpose.
Just not the one intended by the controllers. May the snark, hostility, and cartoons never cease!
Response to Electric Monk (Reply #30)
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friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)...but now and then I find something that strikes my fancy from a non-member and add that as well.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)...while the like from controllers goes unremarked
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)issues, so I want to ask your opinion on something. Can anyone explain *why* posts #24 & #32 were hidden?? I, personally, don't see anything "disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate." about them. Nor do I see any personal attacks (which I don't see in the alert, but thought it was worth a mention).
**NOTE**: I'm not "whining" about a jury decision as I have no skin in this, I'm just trying to understand *why* they were hidden. I see a LOT of hidden posts where someone will post the email with the jury decision, but not so in this case.
Peace,
Ghost
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)Those in favor of gun control will often alert on any post by someone who is pro-gun when they think they can a hide from a jury. Combine that with some that will hide ANY post by someone who is pro-gun even if the post is not "disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate" and you will see some "cheap" hides on posts.
Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)I started to see that as I looked deeper into some other posts. It looks like they are purposely trying to get some posters put on a "time out" for hidden posts. I haven't had a post hidden in over 2 years, but I was a little apprehensive about someone alerting on my question about why those posts were hidden.
Peace,
Ghost
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)The shaming strategy, which has long been promoted by controller/banners, is now augmented by an outright advocacy to knowingly take advantage of gun-related tragedies (a post was made here some months back by some non-DU commentator wherein he said that controllers SHOULD take advantage of these tragedies; maybe someone here can re-post). All this has the effect of somehow "excusing" the bloody shirt waving and "owning" the moral right to take advantage of tragedy. So if someone calls the hand on this political ploy, there is sufficient culture war resonance in DU to hide the remarks by someone who objects to the New & Improved Shaming Tactics.
Expect more of this in the future.
Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)Don't they understand that we see this as a tragedy too? I hate to hear about little kids finding guns and hurting/killing themselves or someone else, but I place the blame on the individual gun owner who left it laying around loaded where a kid could get to it.
Peace,
Ghost
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Fewer than 65 kids, aged fifteen years or under, were killed by gun accident in the last year of data collection; I mean; it has to be in the THOUSANDS! EVERY NIGHT, TOO.
hack89
(39,171 posts)You are a ghoul reveling in other's tragedy to push an agenda.
ileus
(15,396 posts)A firearm can become a dangerous device if left unattended.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)Oh, wait, that comment is just as relevant as yours. I apologize to the Group.
ileus
(15,396 posts)It's that simple.