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In reply to the discussion: 12-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead While Hunting Died ‘The Way He Would Want To’ [View all]Raine
(30,540 posts)62. "Live by the sword, die by the sword", geesh no one wants to die at 12
no matter what the method!
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12-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead While Hunting Died ‘The Way He Would Want To’ [View all]
proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
OP
One argument I hear over and over from the pro-gun side is that they want to be able
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#8
Yeah because every twelve year old wants to die from a sucking chest wound gurgling blood....
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2012
#9
The most common hunting deaths I'm personally familiar with are falling out of a tree stand
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#20
i always thought that sleeping while spending the night in the arms of a certain woman i know would
dembotoz
Dec 2012
#23
what a piece of work, with a family like that no wonder this tragedy happened
still_one
Dec 2012
#28
"Praise Jesus he wasn't eaten by the Sarlacc in the Great Pit of Carkoon," said his nerdy nephew n/t
Ian David
Dec 2012
#29
Not quite, he just killed his nephew through ignoring the single most basic rule of gun safety
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#38
He DID go and his young life was blown away because someone was in a hurry to kill an animal.
Lint Head
Dec 2012
#36
the Uncle can't accept that he killed his nephew, so it must have been God's plan, right?
MjolnirTime
Dec 2012
#51
I wonder if the little guy knew he was going out that day with a complete doofus of an uncle..
Tikki
Dec 2012
#59
The shotgun goes off while the uncle is reloading? Ignorance of basic gun safety there.
brewens
Dec 2012
#58
"...Jason Parker hadn't taken a hunting education course that's supposed to be mandatory...
WorseBeforeBetter
Dec 2012
#61