Three year old shoots dad watching TV (probably Fox News)

[JoeBlowToo]

An Indiana dad was accidentally shot to death by his 3-year-old son after the little boy got his hands on the loaded weapon as the family sat watching television, police said.

“We have no reason to believe there’s any foul play involved,” Indiana State Police Sgt. Jerry Goodin told WMBF-TV. “We think is purely a tragic accident that could have been avoided.”

Michael Bayless, 33, was blasted with a single shot from his own handgun as he sat with his wife and their four kids inside their Salem, Ind., home, police said.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/3-year-old-accidentally-shoots-dad-death-family-watches-tv-article-1.1116267#ixzz2PQ9y3eX1

[Renew Deal]

1. Your title is incorrect and inappropriate

The article does not say what they were watching

[ForgoTheConsequence]

2. Change your thread title.

Its dishonest and inappropriate.

[Common Sense Party]

3. I always wonder about the callousness of people who can make jokes about others' tragedy.

Fox News? Really? Why did you feel it important to put that into the headline?

[Peter cotton]

4. Dishonest headline. You should change it.

[rrneck]

5. Change your headline. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Where exactly was Fox mentioned in the ACTUAL ARTICLE?

Jesus, there are days.

More appropriate, why was there a LOADED WEAPON in easy reach of a three year old.

[JoeBlowToo]

7. The father had been warned about leaving weapons laying around...

I would bet my IRA that he was a Fox News fan.

And my name is Joe, not Jesus.

[pipi_k]

10. Even assuming

that were true...

he may have been shot while watching Fox News

not for watching Fox News.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Confirmation bias is a wonderful thing

look it up.

DISHONEST TITLE of the OP

[JoeBlowToo]

13. I looked it up and you are applying the diagnosis incorrectly...

There was no information to either confirm or dismiss my conclusion. It was made up out of thin air but still highly likely.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Well, pal, welcome to being dishonest

several of us called you on it. This is the last free kick I give you, or the time of day for that matter.

[pipi_k]

8. So, is that

what the 3 year old said before he shot his dad?

"Dad, change the channel from Fox News or I'll shoot you!"

???

Like the others said...misleading title. Change it.

[99Forever]

9. Oh my...

... at least this time it was the "law-abiding, responsible" gun owner that's dead from the idiocy, rather than another child.

The Fox reference was kinda tacky, but it did make me chuckle anyway.

[JoeBlowToo]

12. Thanks...good to know there are a few people here with an active sense of humor...

Lately there's been a stifling sense of seriousness washing over us.

[Common Sense Party]

14. More like a ghoulish sense of callousness infecting a few... nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. ++++

[sadbear]

16. Fascists are out in force today.

Good for you for standing up to them.

[99Forever]

20. No kidding.

(and yes, ^pun" intended)

Earlier I got jumped all over for supporting the "cause" that those jumping on me are supposedly all about. I guess I wasn't extreme or militant enough to meet their standards. Damned if I know. What I do know however, is that they have now managed to alienate me from not just themselves, but also lending any support to their issues.

[tblue]

15. Better him than one of his kids.

Sorry. But what kinda clod keeps a loaded handgun accessible to 4 children?

Which one is the good guy with a gun? So hard to distinguish.

[Cali_Democrat]

22. +1

[cherokeeprogressive]

19. Four children orphaned; some DUers cheer, some joke. Cool.

[IdaBriggs]

24. Loaded gun, no safety, accessible to small children --

Moron parents. Tragedy was going to happen. I am just glad it wasn't one of the kids.

You laugh or you cry. This guy was part of the problem.

[Cali_Democrat]

21. The only thing that stops a bad 3-year-old with a gun is a good 3-year-old with a gun

If only the father was armed. This calls for armed security to be in all homes.

More guns in the home would have stopped this tragedy etc. etc. etc.

[tblue]

23. Haha! Touché! nt