For the third time this year, a family in Tennessee has accidentally shot their own baby.
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Otherwise, it's your usual assortment of mishaps, stupidity, bad luck, poor judgment, lack of attention to safety rules, etc. It was a week of threes, though. Three fellow patriots exercised their right to override their neighbors' decisions about guns on their property, liberating them from the projectile-free lifestyle by sheer force of American exceptionalism. Three more patriots gave their cold, dead hands a rest, leaving their guns behind in areas where well-regulated militias were sure to put them to the most efficient use, specifically, underneath a hotel room mattress, and in the restrooms of a movie theater and a salad bar-less Applebees. Still three more of our friends shot themselves cleaning and/or fixing loaded weapons, while one more did so while examining a gun he was considering buying. No word on the "you break it, you bought it" policy there. Three law enforcement officers experienced GunFAILs this week, though only one officer actually shot herself. And we count three wounds resulting from target shooting accidents this week, as well.
Oh, yes. And this week also marks the third time this year that a family in Tennessee has accidentally shot their own baby.
In the category of singular events this week, just one identified killing of a family member mistaken for an intruder, and just one child shot in the neck by celebratory gunfire following the conclusion of the NBA Finals.
Now, without further ado, this week's compilation, below the fold....
Read More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/22/1216658/-GunFAIL-XXIII
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Who writes this shit?
I wish journalists would take a breath as they write the headlines, or at least run them by a neutral observer for a clarity check.
Better:
For third time this year in the state of Tennessee, an infant was shot in the family's home.
Or some such.
Tragic story, really. If families are going to have guns, they should have to have safes/gun locks, take classes, and educational gun safety programs in schools would be helpful, too.
... but there are MORE guns in America.
And many MORE pollies who flee before the forces of the National Assault Rifle Association.
I quit the NRA when it became the latter (NARA), though still do have at least half-a-dozen firearms have never shot anyone - even though I live in Texas.
Guns don't kill people, deranged idiots who should not be allowed to own a gun kill people. All guns should be registered, no civilian rifle or automatic pistol should have more than a 3 (or 5 - pick a number) round mag, no firearm should be sold to anyone who cannot pass both a mental health and a criminal background check, no firearm should be sold to anyone who has not passed a basic firearms safety course.
This is not 1813.
Good stuff, thank you. 
