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JDPriestly

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20. Would that father let his three-year-old drive the family tractor or car?

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 11:31 AM

Sep 2013

How about the school bus then?

We have laws that prohibit the very young from driving cars because we know that children and early adolescents do not have the maturity to make the decisions that drivers have to make.

We should have similar laws about the handling of guns. Children do not have the maturity, the understanding, to handle a gun or a car. It's just a developmental fact.

Allowing a child under the age of 16 to handle or have a gun is child endangerment pure and simple. It should be illegal.

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Boy (6) with 3 years of firearms training from father, shoots sister (4) in the face with shotgun. [View all] Robb Sep 2013 OP

"Birds attacking his chickens." joshcryer Sep 2013 #1

Hawks will go after chickens. leftyladyfrommo Sep 2013 #16

All hawks and owls are federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 USC, 703-711 Sunlei Sep 2013 #23

Good...because those are usually stiffer...nt joeybee12 Sep 2013 #28

That was my first thought also. nt Mojorabbit Sep 2013 #33

I was watching out the window one day when a GosHawk picked up a Rooster and took him away 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #40

Makes perfect sense if you realize his "I'm always careful" claim is bullshit.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #59

if ever parents should have their children removed from the home rurallib Sep 2013 #2

Are you kidding? ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2013 #3

maybe they can be the next Duggers and have a TV show rurallib Sep 2013 #7

And the NRA would be proud to sponsor it. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2013 #12

Don't you mean BlueToTheBone Sep 2013 #17

I wouldn't put anything past the NRA these days. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2013 #21

The apeshit crazy leadership couldn't exist BlueToTheBone Sep 2013 #24

I agree with you gopiscrap Sep 2013 #34

+1000 theHandpuppet Sep 2013 #71

The membership is just a cover! atreides1 Sep 2013 #35

Maybe so, but BlueToTheBone Sep 2013 #37

Sorry to say, I am afraid you're right. gopiscrap Sep 2013 #31

Gun safety should be taught in schools... TheCowsCameHome Sep 2013 #4

Actually, in a country where there are more guns than people, that's probably a good idea. 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #41

that's it - people with guns in the home should have their children taken away leftyohiolib Sep 2013 #5

This is a good poster board for speaking on behalf of the sustainable farming movement... MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #6

One of my LWolf Sep 2013 #8

I grew up around rifles 90-percent Sep 2013 #9

I blame violent video games,or our mental health system sufrommich Sep 2013 #10

Jebus wanted this to happen malaise Sep 2013 #11

The only thing that can stop a 6 year old with a gun IronLionZion Sep 2013 #13

i like your post. n/t. okieinpain Sep 2013 #25

In many states the father could be charged with attempted murder Nevernose Sep 2013 #14

As it should be. He is behaving in a way that constitutes murderous abuse. As we can see. Squinch Sep 2013 #51

Note: This occurred in Wisconsin - had to look that up. Divernan Sep 2013 #15

How can you defend the chicken coup if Ed Suspicious Sep 2013 #19

hawks are smart too, they get far away and 'laugh' at humans from their far vision perch Sunlei Sep 2013 #38

Thanks for your comment. matt819 Sep 2013 #18

of course it does and every other country would have one too okieinpain Sep 2013 #27

Would that father let his three-year-old drive the family tractor or car? JDPriestly Sep 2013 #20

Thanks gawd the guns were saved. Iggo Sep 2013 #22

you can only train a 6yo so much.... ileus Sep 2013 #26

That's just what this father said. Robb Sep 2013 #39

Jesus fucking Christ...first of all it should be illegal for anyone under 18 to even touch a gun gopiscrap Sep 2013 #29

I agree. darkangel218 Sep 2013 #32

Looooooong jail term marions ghost Sep 2013 #48

Obviously if the little girl had had a gun, too...nt joeybee12 Sep 2013 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author eissa Sep 2013 #36

DU rec. Good to see these posts not being locked...nt SidDithers Sep 2013 #42

i agree with you CreekDog Sep 2013 #68

Both misdemeanors..that is so good to know. We in the US would never want to charge a father Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #43

Or, simply stated, a father who treated his child with depraved, deadly, indifference. Squinch Sep 2013 #52

Yes, he certainly did and for it to be ignored by law is unconscionable. n/t Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #56

Yes. If he had been drunk driving with the child in the car and she was injured, he would be Squinch Sep 2013 #57

Parents are rarely held responsible kiva Sep 2013 #64

This is in a sense absurd. No 6-year-old can conceive of the power of a gun. 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #44

I waited until they were 8 to teach my kids hack89 Sep 2013 #45

But he had to lie! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2013 #46

Insane in Murka marions ghost Sep 2013 #47

Kick LondonReign2 Sep 2013 #49

There is no excuse for unsecured firearms. ManiacJoe Sep 2013 #50

Dad needs some quality time behind bars! rdharma Sep 2013 #53

Dick Cheney Jr. Blue Owl Sep 2013 #54

this is a great example. mstinamotorcity2 Sep 2013 #55

No words needed. You said it all. lpbk2713 Sep 2013 #58

i like your pic mstinamotorcity2 Sep 2013 #63

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid!" KamaAina Sep 2013 #60

Kids mimicking good ole gun loving dad. Yep teach em young how to kill. Hoyt Sep 2013 #61

Take your kids to a picnic HockeyMom Sep 2013 #62

yep these are the people who are adamantly against same sex couples raising children Snake Plissken Sep 2013 #65

Imbecilic gunner trash...the usual gun nut idiot alcibiades_mystery Sep 2013 #66

Know what pisses me off the most about this? laundry_queen Sep 2013 #67

No. The girl had non-life threatening injuries. vanlassie Sep 2013 #69

That'll teach me to not read the whole article. nt laundry_queen Sep 2013 #73

Back in the 1960's my cousin shot and killed his little brother B Calm Sep 2013 #70

Oh, but I thought introducing children to guns would make them safer? Nine Sep 2013 #72