The child saw the handgun in the parents’ bedroom and put it in his mouth, where it went off.

[salin]

116. wow on the irony factor:

guns have become a part of the "pro-life" gop movement. I don't agree with the extreme pro-life movement - but I understand it. This, giving "life protection" to an inanimate object that can be used to destroy life, is just absurd.

Why is a gun more important to make sure it is never destroyed than say a plastic bag. Oh - because it has been elevated to a special right per the right to bear arms.

Okay - than because we have the right to free speech - and tape recorders (and their more modern relatives of digitized recordings) are related to speech - than these devices and recordings should have the same protection per destruction.

What - that is ridiculous? Yes it is. But tell me how the parallel is not equally ridiculous, on what grounds are the arguments different? Except perhaps a) recordings and recorders of words can not take life and b) there isn't a multimillon dollar lobbying group/public persuasion groups (re: propoganda) behind one while there is such money/influence peddling behind the other.