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In reply to the discussion: Texas Dad Pretends to Shoot His 9-Year-Old Daughter — and Then Accidentally Shoots Her [View all]Crunchy Frog
(28,271 posts)16. "Man shoots daughter in cold blood" would be the better headline.
The other alternative is that guns are suddenly achieving sentience, and acting autonomously, of their own free will. If that's the case, maybe the issue of greater regulation should be reexamined.
Hope Daddy spends lots of time in prison, and is allowed no further contact with his children while they're still minors.
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Texas Dad Pretends to Shoot His 9-Year-Old Daughter — and Then Accidentally Shoots Her [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Feb 2016
OP
Sounds like some game they play all the time. If you can afford a gun you can afford a frisbee
Person 2713
Feb 2016
#2
Apparently the children live with the grandparents and the father was visiting the kids.
Kaleva
Feb 2016
#21
"the weapon accidentally fired"? Argh. How about "he accidentally shot her"
uppityperson
Feb 2016
#23
It takes a special kind of moron to think "pretending to shoot" is "fun." Sub-conscious wish?
WinkyDink
Feb 2016
#40
Until they do such irresponsible things, you can't distinguish between a responsible
tblue37
Feb 2016
#41