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26. Their Answer Is Yes

Reply to Kirk Lover (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 22, 2018, 11:34 AM

Apr 2018

You have to pry the guns from their cold, dead hands.

YAY GUNS!!

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Ohio mom with concealed carry permit accidentally shoots and kills 2-year-old daughter [View all] workinclasszero Apr 2018 OP

Fuck guns. Fuck gun owners. Fuck concealed carry. Stinky The Clown Apr 2018 #1

Poor baby never had a chance workinclasszero Apr 2018 #4

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Thanks! Stinky The Clown Apr 2018 #59

Thank you. Stinky The Clown Apr 2018 #58

About that "debillitating pain." BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #90

... Aristus Apr 2018 #2

I just think every gun owner should go on the record after a situation like this occurs and just Kirk Lover Apr 2018 #3

Their Answer Is Yes SoCalMusicLover Apr 2018 #26

But so many times their hands are not the ones that are cold and dead. Arkansas Granny Apr 2018 #64

I read an article years ago interviewing a family whose child was accidentally killed by a gun meadowlark5 Apr 2018 #55

I mean rational people...not people who think everything that happens is orchestrated by a Kirk Lover Apr 2018 #68

Reminds me of the father who shot through the closet door louis-t Apr 2018 #69

People who love their guns more than they love their children Crunchy Frog Apr 2018 #82

They would just blame the mother treestar Apr 2018 #77

My gun-humper brother Bettie Apr 2018 #101

Love, Karma konnie Apr 2018 #5

Feel safer now? hatrack Apr 2018 #6

deserves to lose her guns Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #7

Deserves to be put in jail for a long time...nt SidDithers Apr 2018 #11

Not In America SoCalMusicLover Apr 2018 #27

The more guns we proliferate into society... Major Nikon Apr 2018 #15

Now imagine the NRA's wet dream of every teacher in America armed to the teeth workinclasszero Apr 2018 #74

Some won't be accidental Major Nikon Apr 2018 #76

True workinclasszero Apr 2018 #81

Agreed Comatose Sphagetti Apr 2018 #109

Jail her... SidDithers Apr 2018 #8

This! +1 Amimnoch Apr 2018 #10

Well said! old guy Apr 2018 #22

What exactly would jailing her accomplish though? She just lost her child due to her cstanleytech Apr 2018 #35

Why shouldn't she be jailed?... SidDithers Apr 2018 #41

+1000 Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #48

Further... SidDithers Apr 2018 #53

You jail her as an example to others so they don't do what she did and kill a child TeamPooka Apr 2018 #66

There must be felony conviction even if suspension of sentence. moriah Apr 2018 #70

"Because she needs her gun rights removed. " I am not arguing with you there or really anywhere cstanleytech Apr 2018 #87

You didn't provide a reason why she shouldn't be jailed... SidDithers Apr 2018 #88

Message? Even suspended-imposition on those conditions would send one. moriah Apr 2018 #89

Hmmm not all drunk drivers go to jail for killing someone though. cstanleytech Apr 2018 #92

So thus obviously we should never punish anybody ever mythology Apr 2018 #96

Now you are putting words in my mouth. cstanleytech Apr 2018 #107

They were prosecuted and sentenced. Mariana Apr 2018 #108

I'm not arguing for her to not be prosecuted either I simply asked what would it accomplish to send cstanleytech Apr 2018 #112

It'll prevent her from killing anyone else. Mariana Apr 2018 #114

And I asked you several times why she shouldn't be put in jail... SidDithers Apr 2018 #115

Thats because I do not see what it would accomplish. cstanleytech Apr 2018 #117

It would take an irresponsible gun owner off the streets... SidDithers Apr 2018 #118

There is a difference though between someone that makes a choice to drink and then drive cstanleytech Apr 2018 #119

But handling her firearm isn't all she did... SidDithers Apr 2018 #120

"Are you seriously arguing that those actions are legal, unless she was impaired?" cstanleytech Apr 2018 #121

We need to start putting real teeth in our gun laws. Crunchy Frog Apr 2018 #86

Odd you seem unaware of what jailing someone for negligent endangerment of a child would accomplish. LanternWaste Apr 2018 #123

She should also never be allowed to own a gun again. calimary Apr 2018 #61

It's negligent homicide & child endangerment, at a minimum. CaptainTruth Apr 2018 #93

If we applied what the NRA does to drunk driving, we would have had, DAMM. Drunks Against brewens Apr 2018 #9

guns don't kill people. Thoughts & prayers Motley13 Apr 2018 #12

The police statement threw in the obligatory Ts and Ps. JDC Apr 2018 #17

Yes. Legal firearms often kill innocent people. MineralMan Apr 2018 #13

Agreed. We don't even know if she was a nutter. She might GreenPartyVoter Apr 2018 #34

And we also don't know if she malaise Apr 2018 #42

Also true. Without more information, we only know that GreenPartyVoter Apr 2018 #65

Thats true too workinclasszero Apr 2018 #75

She will do no time.... RhodeIslandOne Apr 2018 #14

She violated all the rules in gun ownership... Historic NY Apr 2018 #16

but, but, but onethatcares Apr 2018 #23

Actually the FIRST rule about gun ownership is just one word: Stinky The Clown Apr 2018 #60

1. Always assume the gun is loaded. Always. Even if you just got done emptying it. workinclasszero Apr 2018 #79

I hope the woman suffers a lifetime of emotional torment Kaleva Apr 2018 #18

Tie Her Tubes SoCalMusicLover Apr 2018 #30

Unfortunately, way too many gun-lovers think they are careful, but they aren't. Hoyt Apr 2018 #62

"I hope the woman suffers a lifetime of emotional torment." Comatose Sphagetti Apr 2018 #111

That is what any cold blooded killer of a defenseless child deserves. Kaleva Apr 2018 #122

I'm amazed! With an omnibearing spherical radius, how many 'accidental discharges" hit the chest! TheBlackAdder Apr 2018 #19

They Don't Count The Ones That Go Into The Floor PaulX2 Apr 2018 #21

When you look all about, the small area of a child is a minute surface area, less than .25%. TheBlackAdder Apr 2018 #25

"Accidently went off " see guns DO kill people Fullduplexxx Apr 2018 #20

Just won the internet, Fullduplexxx! calimary Apr 2018 #67

Would this count as a Darwin Award? lapfog_1 Apr 2018 #24

No, She Would Have Had To Kill Herself SoCalMusicLover Apr 2018 #32

Hey that's her god given right lame54 Apr 2018 #29

This is a danger to everyone walking around in the "concealed carry" USA. ooky Apr 2018 #31

Missouri has constitutional carry...no training required workinclasszero Apr 2018 #83

The gun accidently killed the kid? No. Mommy did it. Iggo Apr 2018 #33

Anyone who keeps a round in the chamber had poor weapons training. Or none. pwb Apr 2018 #36

At least she didnt have an abortion. VOX Apr 2018 #37

Pro lifers only care about embryos and fetuses in the womb. Fla Dem Apr 2018 #46

Bingo workinclasszero Apr 2018 #84

Lock her up as an example to other idiotic parents. nt USALiberal Apr 2018 #38

Abso-fucking-lutely...nt SidDithers Apr 2018 #43

And as an example to other gun owners. Control your shit or lose your shit. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2018 #49

Response from the NRA... S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 #39

What Was She Doing Playing With A Gun Me. Apr 2018 #40

This can no longer be described as accidental. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #45

Yep. That's not an accident. That's negligence. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2018 #50

She claims she dropped it and it went off. LisaL Apr 2018 #73

Neglince. Nt NCTraveler Apr 2018 #105

Thoughts and prayers Freethinker65 Apr 2018 #51

Police said the woman was handling the gun when it accidentally went off mokawanis Apr 2018 #52

What will Wayne LaPierre say about this? guillaumeb Apr 2018 #54

That the two year old is a crisis actor workinclasszero Apr 2018 #85

A perfect explanation. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #116

Sad to read this. Snackshack Apr 2018 #56

Legally owned or not, she shouldn't have been handling it in the presence of a child rocktivity Apr 2018 #57

She claims she dropped the gun and it went off. LisaL Apr 2018 #72

Dropped it where -- in her lap? On the floor? rocktivity Apr 2018 #91

no accident. KG Apr 2018 #63

Manslaughter. Pure and simple. No excuses. Prison, and no more custody of any other kids. lindysalsagal Apr 2018 #71

No such thing as a "gun accident". Guns don't kill people, people kill people. Crunchy Frog Apr 2018 #78

Arm the 2 year olds. They need to defend themselves blake2012 Apr 2018 #80

You know they've discussed that option at the NRA: At least give them squirt guns as soon as lindysalsagal Apr 2018 #100

Keep your home safe, don't own a gun. SunSeeker Apr 2018 #94

This is sad. And so unnecessary. EffieBlack Apr 2018 #95

What is so thoroughly maddening about this situation, to me, Jake Stern Apr 2018 #97

Jail her. It is called manslaughter...involuntary. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #98

One more kid that will never go to school. John Fante Apr 2018 #99

I think she did it on purpose. ecstatic Apr 2018 #102

She needs to go to prison for at least a decade, hopefully more. Exotica Apr 2018 #103

Just think how much worse everything could have been if Mom hadn't been armed! struggle4progress Apr 2018 #104

another family successfully defended! Takket Apr 2018 #106

There are so many non lethal means that people can use to protect themselves. Blue_true Apr 2018 #110

How easy is it for a gun to accidentally "go off" - sincere question nadine_mn Apr 2018 #113