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Gun Control & RKBA

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

23. Negligence by the adults.

Reply to SoCalMusicLover (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 02:29 PM

Oct 2015

'The 11-year-old picked up a weapon off of a picnic table. He accidentally shot it', Sheriff Williams told Canton Rep.

All the guns on the table should have been unloaded while not being actively used.

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11 Yr Old Boy Kills 12 Yr Old Brother - Gun Unharmed [View all] SoCalMusicLover Oct 2015 OP

Thank you for the update on the gun. LonePirate Oct 2015 #1

Are you pleased sarisataka Oct 2015 #4

Are you suggesting we should object to Congress' prioritization of the gun over these kids' lives? LonePirate Oct 2015 #14

I do object to their inaction sarisataka Oct 2015 #17

My apologies. I accidentally omitted the important word "not" from my reply. LonePirate Oct 2015 #24

*As long as the gun was spared!* As we've seen with a few posters on this site... villager Oct 2015 #2

Are you pleased? sarisataka Oct 2015 #6

No, you're the one that first looks to see if the gun made it out okay. villager Oct 2015 #7

If I cared only about guns sarisataka Oct 2015 #10

Agree: "hate-filled bloodthirsty blowhards" abound. Though in a thread we've shared you've never villager Oct 2015 #11

I have posted several times sarisataka Oct 2015 #13

My ideas of dealing with gun violence, sarisataka Oct 2015 #18

There's much we can agree on here. Including "idiots who carry rifles everywhere." villager Oct 2015 #22

I am persona non grata sarisataka Oct 2015 #26

The only reason you should be haunted enough to *not* sleep at night is if gun boards welcomed... villager Oct 2015 #32

automatic weapons are banned gejohnston Oct 2015 #28

Oh, George. villager Oct 2015 #30

I just find technical ignorance gejohnston Oct 2015 #31

correction about one thing gejohnston Oct 2015 #29

Correct they are two issues sarisataka Oct 2015 #35

Here's one DashOneBravo Oct 2015 #33

Possible sarisataka Oct 2015 #36

Are you pleased? sarisataka Oct 2015 #3

Que obligatory post describing make model caliber etc of Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #5

The victim is the gun? sarisataka Oct 2015 #8

Seemingly. If the child were anything other than meaningless Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #9

Everyone is entitled to their opinion sarisataka Oct 2015 #12

Some adult is criminally negligent in this situation. (nt) enough Oct 2015 #15

Welcome discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2015 #16

I don't understand why any DUer would post Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #19

Suffer? I Bet They Will - They Brought Kids To This SoCalMusicLover Oct 2015 #20

I find it almost unbelievable that you would mock that family. Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #21

Anything is fair game to promote their failing agenda Lurks Often Oct 2015 #25

Negligence by the adults. ManiacJoe Oct 2015 #23

Just another tragic accident. Totally unpreventable. SheilaT Oct 2015 #27

When training youths you have to beat all rules into their head every outing. ileus Oct 2015 #34