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40. Some dumb parent failed a gun safety course!

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Wed Sep 19, 2012, 08:53 AM

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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