5 year old accidentally fatally shoots his 2 year old sister

[Oberon]

Aren't we already discussing this in the Gun Control thread? Or has another child shot someone?

[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Aren't we already discussing this in the Gun Control thread? Or has another child shot someone?

I was unaware. But honestly i was more getting at the parental negligence, not gun control. The parents should be jailed for a long time, to keep such a dangerous weapon loaded around a 5 and 2 year old.

I tend not to go into that thread anymore because, like everywhere else, there's nothing but a pigheaded attitude and no amount of rebuttal or argument will register with anyone, so its essentially full of circle arguments that . I did, however, search if there were any threads about this particular incident before i posted, though not searching individual threads.

[U505995]

From what it sounds like the parents are careless trailer dwelling red necks.

[Red October1984]

What the flying #*$#%?!

Ohhhhh these people are idiots...

Riddle said she is devastated, but comforted knowing that her granddaughter is in a better place.
"It was God's will. It was her time to go, I guess," she told WLEX. "I just know she's in heaven right now and I know she's in good hands with the Lord."

Here's your sign lady... God doesn't will accidental premature death upon little children. If he did will it upon any child at all, I don't think it would be in this way. God gave us free will. Those parents were dumb enough to keep this gun and ammo out where the kid could get to it. Apparently they didn't put their free will to good use.

"It's just tragic," uncle David Mann told the CNN affiliate. "It's something that you can't prepare for."

You can prepare for it with these... 10 Rules to Firearm Safety

You can prepare by keeping your guns in a safe and the ammo stored safely somewhere else! You can prepare by being a responsible parent and gun owner. I was taught at a young age to stay away from the guns and ammo unless a parent was there. It's not hard to keep this from happening. Guns come with a lock!

Natural Selection has struck again.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

Here's your sign lady... God doesn't will accidental premature death upon little children.

That's what I was thinking.

As much as guns make me uneasy, I'm relatively OK with them being in the hands of responsible adults (August finally convincedme of that in the Creationist/T-Rex thread). But giving one to a child without supervision?! I saw footage of the NRA meet in Houston the other day, and a kid was firing a pistol, but his father or guardian was keeping a close eye on him. And then these parents give their young child A RIFLE?! And leave it unsupervised!? What's wrong with these people!? Now their son's going to have to grow up knowing that he killed his sister! It mightn't mean that much to him now, but it'll probably destroy him when he's older.

[August]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

August finally convinced me..."

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Aren't we already discussing this in the Gun Control thread? Or has another child shot someone?

Pretty sure it's the same story, that has already been mentioned in the Gun Control thread. Since i've already put my 2cents on this topic within that thread, I see no reason to repeat myself in this one.

[Wolferz]

My wife has a single shot .22 caliber saddle rifle that was given to her at the age of six by her grampa. She never shot any relatives with it though.
Proper training and constant supervision is the key.

At most, these imbeciles could be charged with negligent homicide and child endangerment.

Sadly, Mother nature has her own way of cleaning the gene pool.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Aren't we already discussing this in the Gun Control thread? Or has another child shot someone?

Yes but looking at the OP response at #5 there isn't a need to merge atm.

Yes but looking at the OP response at #5 there isn't a need to merge atm.

Maybe keep this as the junior gun control topic.
I read last month that there had already been over 80 lack of junior gun control "accidents" this year in the States, so maybe it can become its own big topic running in parallel with the other one.