Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: classy
Guns are for losers, period.
A ten-year-old Gallia County boy is dead after his eleven-year-old brother accidentally shot him. Sheriff David Martin says James Montgomery was cleaning a shotgun at his Guyan Township home yesterday afternoon when it fired, striking his brother, William, in the head. Martin says the death was an accident and that no charges will be filed.
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June 7, 2004 - Authorities in Kershaw County say a 14-year-old boy died after a loaded gun his 12-year-old brother picked up fired.
Kershaw County Sheriff Steve McCaskill says the tragedy happened in a home on Kershaw Highway, "The family is in shock, just like the rest of the community. It's just a terrible tragedy."
The sheriff says the boys were home alone when the younger sibling got the gun from their parents' closet, "When he was handling it, it went off, striking the older brother in the back of the head."
The 12-year-old called 911, but the 14-year-old died.
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Police say it appears that a 9-year-old boy in far North Texas was accidentally shot in the stomach by his 12-year-old cousin.
Sherman Police Sargeant Charles Smith said late this afternoon that the 9-year-old was in ICU following surgery.
He says there are no charges pending at this time.
KTEN television station in Denison reports that a Sherman mother called police just before noon to say that her 9-year-old nephew had been shot.
One of the investigating officers says the two boys were handling the .22 caliber gun inside the home when it went off.
Unless your a law enforcement agent or hunt which you should only be allowed to own a shot gun there is no reason to own a gun. None. The numbers are just staggering. Guns for protection is a joke. The gun will be used to hurt a family member more than likely. The statistics are so overwhelming only an idiot can still try and make an arguement for gun possesion. You can't compensate for Adulthood or Manhood with a gun.
Classy, the thing that you fail to understand is that, just like you, guns are a tool. Nothing more. Making an argument by using three anecdotes is something that would get you laughed out of a grade school classroom. But I guess it is easier to "argue" that we should "Think of the children!!!", rather than use facts... seeing as the facts do not support your position. After you remove suicides, a gun is much more likely to be used to defend your home successfully than used against a family member, whether by another family member or an intruder. And if someone really wants to kill themselves, they will suceed. Take a look at Japan, virtually no personal gun ownership and a much higher suicide rate.
Just a couple facts to start with, from government sources (I'm not using anything from either the NRA nor HCI):
-In 1996, there were 21 accidental firearm deaths of children under age 15. That same year, 40 children 5 years old and younger drowned in buckets (maybe you should think of the children and ban buckets!). These statistics were released by the CDC in 1999.
-Boys who own legal firearms have a lower rate of delinquency than non-owners of the same age. That little fact is brought to you by the study "Urban Delinquency and Substance Abuse", released in August of 1995 by the US Dept of Justice.