6 year old boy shot by a 4 year old boy

[desura]

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9015992

This is why I wouldn't let my kid play at a home which kept guns.

 

[ivwshane]

Well if the four year old had his own gun and an NRA kids magazine he might have been able to defend himself.

 

[rommelrommel]

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9015992

This is why I wouldn't let my kid play at a home which kept guns.

There's a big difference between loaded guns within the reach of 4 year olds and safe storage.

 

[nehalem256]

Why did no one perform a background check before allowing a 4 year old to purchase a gun

 

[desura]

There's a big difference between loaded guns within the reach of 4 year olds and safe storage.

Well, the problem is that as you become more familiar with something, you also become more lax about it, e.g. leaving a LOADED rifle out where a 4 year old can find it.

Also, he shot the 6 year old from 15 feet away. Seems like pretty good aim for a 4 year old. I wouldn't be surprised if he had been trained to shoot by his dad.

 

[ivwshane]

Why did no one perform a background check before allowing a 4 year old to purchase a gun

It was a gift or from a private sale, no check needed silly

 

[Doppel]

Well, the problem is that as you become more familiar with something, you also become more lax about it, e.g. leaving a LOADED rifle out where a 4 year old can find it.

Also, he shot the 6 year old from 15 feet away. Seems like pretty good aim for a 4 year old. I wouldn't be surprised if he had been trained to shoot by his dad.

Are you some kinda retarded or some such? You are seriously butt sore over guns, what's the bigger issue at that you're not telling us about?

Most gun owners regardless of acclimation to guns know not to leave them near kids.

 

[SketchMaster]

Well, the problem is that as you become more familiar with something, you also become more lax about it, e.g. leaving a LOADED rifle out where a 4 year old can find it.

Also, he shot the 6 year old from 15 feet away. Seems like pretty good aim for a 4 year old. I wouldn't be surprised if he had been trained to shoot by his dad.

Some of my earliest memories of my Dad and I are of him teaching me how to shoot a gun. He also put the fear of god in me about what they can do and what he would do if he ever caught me using the gun without his permission or being an idiot with it. I grew up in a family of eight kids and by the age of fourteen we all knew how to load, fire and clean all the guns my father had in his gun safe (he locked up any gun that was larger than a BB gun). We also were given a healthy respect of firearms; to this day I still clear a gun even if a trusted friend handed it to me after clearing it.

When a person makes the decision to own a firearm they are taking on a responsibility to insure that the gun is kept safe. They are also held accountable for anyone in the house who misuses the gun, because either that person shouldn't have had access to it or were not properly trained to use it.

This was a tragic accident, but it could have been avoided if the gun in question had been locked away in a safe place. A four year old has no business being around a BB gun let alone a .22. I am very pro gun, but I always shake my head when I hear about things like this happening because some people shouldn't be allowed to own a firearm if they aren't going to respect it.

Regardless, people will blame the gun.

 

[rommelrommel]

Well, the problem is that as you become more familiar with something, you also become more lax about it, e.g. leaving a LOADED rifle out where a 4 year old can find it.

Also, he shot the 6 year old from 15 feet away. Seems like pretty good aim for a 4 year old. I wouldn't be surprised if he had been trained to shoot by his dad.

Duuuuuur.... really?

You're making the dumbest points about this in the dumbest way possible. Not even sure what you're trying to accomplish.

 

[davmat787]

Sad situation, the parents must be going through hell. Unfortunately, I doubt the children are one or two of the 18 million kids exposed to the NRA's Eddie the Eagle program. Who knows, maybe it would have stuck and the child would be alive today.

In todays age of short attention spans and hyper speed media, I can't help but wonder sometimes if exposing people to the reality of gun shot wounds would really drive the point home that they are not toys and not to be touched. I know this sounds horrible, but once you have seen what a .45 ACP skull exit wound looks like you have a whole new level of respect for firearms, and the responsibility that comes with them. And those that would 'get off' on seeing these images would be put on the 'Adam Lanza' list and not be allowed to purchase or use firearms.

That is my crazy thought for the day.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

This happened in my neighborhood when I was a kid. The two kids were a little bit older than these kids, but that really makes no difference. I think it is why I never owned a gun. This is not a gun issue, it is a lack of responsibility by the gun owner issue. Period.

 

[Dari]

4 year old need to protect their home from the government, too. Freedom!!!

 

[michal1980]

maybe if this kids belonged to the state they would be safe.

 

[shortylickens]

Saw this on the news, quite sad.
Thats why I take all my guns out of the house and store them before my little cousins visit.

 

[desura]

Regardless, people will blame the gun.

I blame the dad.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Some of my earliest memories of my Dad and I are of him teaching me how to shoot a gun. He also put the fear of god in me about what they can do and what he would do if he ever caught me using the gun without his permission or being an idiot with it. I grew up in a family of eight kids and by the age of fourteen we all knew how to load, fire and clean all the guns my father had in his gun safe (he locked up any gun that was larger than a BB gun). We also were given a healthy respect of firearms; to this day I still clear a gun even if a trusted friend handed it to me after clearing it.

When a person makes the decision to own a firearm they are taking on a responsibility to insure that the gun is kept safe. They are also held accountable for anyone in the house who misuses the gun, because either that person shouldn't have had access to it or were not properly trained to use it.

This was a tragic accident, but it could have been avoided if the gun in question had been locked away in a safe place. A four year old has no business being around a BB gun let alone a .22. I am very pro gun, but I always shake my head when I hear about things like this happening because some people shouldn't be allowed to own a firearm if they aren't going to respect it.

Regardless, people will blame the gun.

Sounds like your father taught you the same way that my father taught me. All my guns are locked up unless I'm actively using/carrying them. Even my bedside gun is locked up (case w/biometric lock).