4-year-old accidentally shoots, kills 2-year-old brother after mistaking gun for toy

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mdram

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I would love to see data on whether anyone has faced charges on these crimes before something bad happened as a result of their failure to abide by the law. I would love to see data on rate of responsible gun storage before and after these laws and between states with and without them.

My suspicion is that these laws prevent few if any gun mishaps. I think a gun safety PSA would likely be more effective.

nra/nssf/ect all send saftey info to members regularly. its one of thier main focus. safety and training

https://www.nssf.org/safety/project-childsafe/
 

ch33zw1z

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WRT OP: pending investigation findings, parents need to be charged appropriately. This is at minimum negligent parenting resulting in a death. I dont know what that translates to in legalese, but god damn do owners of firearms need to start taking the responsibility seriously.
 

ch33zw1z

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What a cowardly leftist response. Leftists support abortion yet are outraged by this, stop being such hypocrites.

What a nonsense comparison. Do you know someone who gave birth to a 2 year old? Is that how you can rationalize the thought process?
 
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yes, because aborting unwanted kids is the same thing as wanted kids killing each other with guns.

liberals support abortion which murders innocent babies yet now they are upset. They really don't care about the victims just pushing the anti-gun agenda.
 

Ns1

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liberals support abortion which murders innocent babies yet now they are upset.

we'll just have to agree to disagree. I recognize that further discussion of this point between us will just lead to internet rage and I got better things to do and I don't feel like trolling at the moment.

I feel like I'm maturing 1 post in P&N at a time.
 

dank69

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liberals support abortion which murders innocent babies yet now they are upset. They really don't care about the victims just pushing the anti-gun agenda.
There is a little bit of wiggle room between supporting abortion and cheering for it. Maybe not enough to squeeze your fat ass in there but plenty of room for the doublewide you grew up in.
 

balloonshark

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liberals support abortion which murders innocent babies yet now they are upset. They really don't care about the victims just pushing the anti-gun agenda.
Repubs support loose 2nd amendments rights which murders innocent children on a daily basis. It's not hard to tell who really really cares about the children.

Y'all better compromise now and pass sensible regulations before something truly horrific happens and the hammer comes down on your rights with results you ain't gonna like.
 
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UNCjigga

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liberals support abortion which murders innocent babies yet now they are upset. They really don't care about the victims just pushing the anti-gun agenda.

Conservatives really don't care about reality, just pushing the anti-liberal agenda.
 

NAC4EV

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If we never learn, we been here before
Why are we always stuck and running from
The bullets?
The bullets
We never learn, we been here before
Why are we always stuck and running from
The bullets?
The bullets
 
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trenchfoot

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Sacrificing the young at the alter of the NRA seems to be quite the rage of late.

I wonder what the nation's gun owners who vociferously call for the protection of their 2A rights have in mind to keep our children from getting shot in the schools and at home by their siblings? Why is there no rage and dedicated efforts on their part to have their representatives in gov't do something about preventing these tragedies from happening? <---(again, another rhetorical because we already know why)
 

mikeymikec

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What a nonsense comparison. Do you know someone who gave birth for a 2 year old? Is that how you can rationalize the thought process?

I think 'rationalize' is too strong a word to use here. IMO it's more of a catholic mass 'repeat after me' situation.

After all, he either does not understand or chooses to ignore the typical pro-choice arguments and chooses to straw man / reducio ad absurdum his simplified version of those arguments. If he took the moment to rationalize his position then logically he'd end up with a pro life position on both topics since he feels that they're related, or he'd back away from relating the topics.
 

Bitek

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Horrible. That kid is going to be scared for life and he doesn't even know it yet.

Terrible parents.
 
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who?

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Abortion is terrible but when abortion was illegal doctors performing illegal abortions would panic when something went wrong and their patient would die. legal abortion is safer abortion.
Why do grown up people not realize that little children can pick up guns and work the trigger?
 
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KB

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Everybody is a responsible gun owners, until they are not

I see this point made everytime a shooting takes place and I dont think its a very good one. Its equivalent to saying every man is a responsible genital owner until they arent and become a rapist. It doesnt add anything to the debate. Thanks.