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Robb

(39,665 posts) Tue Feb 5, 2013, 12:13 PM Feb 2013

3-year-old boy fatally shot in the head after finding pink gun [View all]

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The Greenville Police responded to a shooting at Haywood Plantation Apartments around 7:30 p.m. on Friday night.

A 3-year-old boy named Tmorej Smith was found dead with a single gunshot wound to the head.

Investigators say the child and a 7-year-old sibling were playing with a pink handgun that they thought was a toy when the gun went off.

The shooting has been ruled as accidental. No charges have been filed at this time and the investigation continues.

Read More: http://www2.wbtw.com/news/2013/feb/04/3/sc-3-year-old-shoots-himself-head-after-finding-pi-ar-5520710/

A pink handgun. For fuck's sake.

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3-year-old boy fatally shot in the head after finding pink gun [View all] Robb Feb 2013 OP

i honestly don't know ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #1

I don't know about state laws michreject Feb 2013 #137

wow...did not know that ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #139

Basic gun safety should be taught in public schools slackmaster Feb 2013 #2

People who know better are a huge part of the problem. Robb Feb 2013 #5

If stupid people didn't reproduce, that would prevent their children from dying needlessly. slackmaster Feb 2013 #6

Give It A Rest, Slack. (nt) Paladin Feb 2013 #12

I haven't finished pissing you off yet, Paladin slackmaster Feb 2013 #13

If stupid people didn't reproduce, that would prevent us from the plague of Wayne LaPierre. blue neen Feb 2013 #87

If stupid people didn't have access to guns.... Walk away Feb 2013 #131

A lot of fucking good it would have done here Tempest Feb 2013 #9

You're talking to a spambot SecularMotion Feb 2013 #82

Holy cows. That's pretty revealing. Thank you for posting. n/t Ed Suspicious Feb 2013 #101

Its a message that bears repeating. aikoaiko Feb 2013 #107

Wow. Chorophyll Feb 2013 #116

Maybe people who are too stupid to properly store a gun MH1 Feb 2013 #30

Maybe people who don't store guns safely should be held accountable for their crimes BlueStreak Feb 2013 #61

don't they charge parents who leave their kids in a hot car ? JI7 Feb 2013 #115

'deed they do. And don't we require every car owner to hold an active insurance policy? BlueStreak Feb 2013 #138

Some of us who are old enough to reproduce don't keep guns around. Chorophyll Feb 2013 #56

"Basic gun safety should be taught in public schools" LondonReign2 Feb 2013 #63

My suggestion was that the parents should have been taught basic gun safety slackmaster Feb 2013 #66

Your suggestion is silly LondonReign2 Feb 2013 #75

Your ideas are authoritarian slackmaster Feb 2013 #79

LOL LondonReign2 Feb 2013 #85

Once you start requiring a license in order to own something, owning it is no longer a right slackmaster Feb 2013 #86

It doesn't infringe on your rights whatsoever LondonReign2 Feb 2013 #88

Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #89

It doesn't answer the question LondonReign2 Feb 2013 #91

"Your intent is pure evil" - There you have it, fellow DU'ers: sensible gun legislation is "pure apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #94

Hyperbole much? Your obsession with firearms is pure psychosis. nt Ed Suspicious Feb 2013 #104

give me convenience, or give me death frylock Feb 2013 #90

You call a license evil BainsBane Feb 2013 #118

slackmaster, you are simply wrong... Sancho Feb 2013 #93

The license fee allows me to use my vehicle on public access roads energumen Feb 2013 #125

Actually, in my state, Missouri, there is a personal property tax logosoco Feb 2013 #77

Some states charge sales tax on food slackmaster Feb 2013 #80

But there is no enumerated right in the constitution that guarantees you affordable food. Ed Suspicious Feb 2013 #106

Exactly... Sancho Feb 2013 #92

I really dont understand the objection to basic gun safety for children. energumen Feb 2013 #130

Only voluntary after school IMO. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #65

guns should be no where near schools BainsBane Feb 2013 #120

LOL, over the top much. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #121

How is it over the top? BainsBane Feb 2013 #123

The anti-gun rants are as nutty as the gun rants at times. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #126

my rants don't lead to deaths BainsBane Feb 2013 #127

Telling kids to stay away from guns they see in a friends house or a uncles house is not stupid.... Logical Feb 2013 #133

I think it's just plain old laziness. Ganja Ninja Feb 2013 #72

anyone who needs to be taught in a class to know not to leave a gun with a 3 year old JI7 Feb 2013 #113

that gets to the heart of it. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #134

in schools? That is completely twisted BainsBane Feb 2013 #117

You have an odd sense of what gun safety is. ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #119

Guns kill BainsBane Feb 2013 #122

You still don't get it. ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #135

If you need schooling to tell you not to leave a pink gun, that looks like a toy, in a place Squinch Feb 2013 #129

Not just a pink handgun, but a *loaded* pink handgun which was accessible to children. Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #3

They should be fined and their guns should be taken away proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #55

When their negligence results in the death or injury of a child, or anyone else for that matter, Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #67

I don`t give a crap what anyone thinks,there is no reason to make a real gun to appear libtodeath Feb 2013 #4

So should the mother. I'm sure the pink gun belonged to her. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #99

Exactly,the same should apply in every incident like this when a gun is not locked up. libtodeath Feb 2013 #105

I had to go look for images for this story. Who the hell NEEDS a pink gun??? davsand Feb 2013 #7

A serious answer for your cogitation slackmaster Feb 2013 #8

Makes sense to have non-functional mock-ups for training. davsand Feb 2013 #10

I think people who do that are trying to express their individuality slackmaster Feb 2013 #11

Give It A Rest, Slack. (nt) Paladin Feb 2013 #15

+100 nt Chorophyll Feb 2013 #58

Sure expressed their individuality well - we all know it was THEIR kid that got shot. jmg257 Feb 2013 #19

Yeah, I can hardly think of a better way to say "I'm a criminally negligent asshole." than owning EOTE Feb 2013 #69

There may be almost as many people who would attempt to rationale it... LanternWaste Feb 2013 #71

Ah, you have not seen the Hello Kitty AR-15 mod jberryhill Feb 2013 #14

And some of us wonder how the gun culture got so f**ked up... davsand Feb 2013 #18

Well, from the gunmaker's standpoint: Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #108

And from a cigarette maker's standpoint, Joe Camel was great for selling smokes DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2013 #112

Yeah, I know... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #114

That absolutely looks like a toy gollygee Feb 2013 #16

I don't care what it looks like. It's a deadly weapon and must be kept secured at all times. slackmaster Feb 2013 #22

Too bad that Glock's idea of a "safety" is f*cked jberryhill Feb 2013 #43

the target market is women. Whisp Feb 2013 #31

I shoot with a lady friend michreject Feb 2013 #136

This is why I've always thought "toy colored" guns are a bad idea. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #17

Absolutely without question. Initech Feb 2013 #132

Maybe we need universal IQ TESTS HockeyMom Feb 2013 #20

This is where the law needs to change leftynyc Feb 2013 #21

It probably could be under Criminally Negligent Homicide HockeyMom Feb 2013 #35

I believe that this probably is illegal. NCTraveler Feb 2013 #96

That's the jury's problem leftynyc Feb 2013 #109

When determining to press charges or not it is the prosecutors problem. NCTraveler Feb 2013 #110

I've seen dozens of posts on DU suggesting guns should be required to be pink Recursion Feb 2013 #23

The color is appalling, but really not the problem. Robb Feb 2013 #24

Yes, accidents with found guns are how most child firearm deaths happen Recursion Feb 2013 #25

How exactly does the NRA's national education program "work" to prevent this? Robb Feb 2013 #26

By teaching kids "Don't Touch, Leave the Area, Tell an Adult Immediately" Recursion Feb 2013 #27

Forgive me, but who found it to be effective? Robb Feb 2013 #28

You mean you never heard of Eddie the Eagle? Rex Feb 2013 #32

Lots of law enforcement agencies have. Academy of Pediatrics is ambivalent Recursion Feb 2013 #36

So no data, you just hear tell the NRA program is a good one. Robb Feb 2013 #39

You're right. It's stupid to teach kids not to touch guns. Recursion Feb 2013 #42

No, it's stupid to entrust our children's safety with the N fucking RA. Robb Feb 2013 #45

Then get one of the organizations that allegedly cares about this to do something Recursion Feb 2013 #47

You think the NRA cares about our children? Really? Robb Feb 2013 #50

Yes Recursion Feb 2013 #52

Yeah, and BP didn't want an oil spill. Robb Feb 2013 #59

+1 Rex Feb 2013 #81

It's not that they WANT them to be shot: it's that they simply don't care if in ANY WAY apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #95

Funny, my PARENTS taught me that, and neither was an NRA member, MH1 Feb 2013 #34

I just discovered on my own that firearms are dangerous. Rex Feb 2013 #51

Troublingly, if the NRA didn't see to it that so many Americans were brainwashed into thinking Chorophyll Feb 2013 #60

It appears to only be offered to children from pre-k to 3rd grade. Rex Feb 2013 #29

Mmhm. And what are VPC or Brady doing to teach kids not to touch guns? Recursion Feb 2013 #33

So after 3rd grade you are on your own? Rex Feb 2013 #38

I give up. You're right. It's stupid to teach kids not to touch guns Recursion Feb 2013 #40

Why? You don't like what I point out so you 'give up'? Rex Feb 2013 #44

No,just bs is called bs when it is posted libtodeath Feb 2013 #49

No, but it's stupid to invite the NRA in to do it. Chorophyll Feb 2013 #62

Please see the chart below; accidents are not "the number one gun-related killer of children." Robb Feb 2013 #41

Also, accidents are terrible, but they are not "most" deaths for children Robb Feb 2013 #37

Thank you. I misremembered. *obviously* it's OK for only 3000 children to die by firearm accident Recursion Feb 2013 #46

The Eddie Eagle "Safety" Program is just more NRA lobbying/promotional BS. Hoyt Feb 2013 #48

You know...all that talk about guns and yet Rex Feb 2013 #54

I was under the impression Project ChildSafe is neither sponsored by, not affiliated with the NRA LanternWaste Feb 2013 #73

We are all egocentric to some extent. Rex Feb 2013 #74

Cool, didn't know about that one Recursion Feb 2013 #76

Often, when I lack absolute information on a thing LanternWaste Feb 2013 #100

The National Shooting Sports Foundation is also a RW political action committee. Robb Feb 2013 #78

My only point being that the NRA is not indeed the only national education program for firearm safet LanternWaste Feb 2013 #98

This message was self-deleted by its author Robb Feb 2013 #103

To all of the responders who were so upset that this gun was pink: SheilaT Feb 2013 #53

Remember when Asshat Nancy reagan revealed she carried a gun? joeybee12 Feb 2013 #57

NO CHARGES???? Didn't it belong to someone who made it available to kids???? nt valerief Feb 2013 #64

The gun's owner, if s/he can be found, needs to be charged with kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #68

Ya-da-ya-da-ya-da rightsideout Feb 2013 #70

Tell me again what part libodem Feb 2013 #83

And in Florida, it would have been illegal for this family's pediatrician Tanuki Feb 2013 #84

I know doctors in FL can't ask, but can they Ilsa Feb 2013 #111

It would be nice if there were televised PSAs about gun safety LeftInTX Feb 2013 #97

Whoever left that gun out should go to prison for manslaughter (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #102

Yep. And the manufacturer needs to be sued for making a lethal weapon that looks like a toy. Glimmer of Hope Feb 2013 #124

Another tragedy brought to you by a responsible gun owner AndyA Feb 2013 #128