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Kaleva

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21. Apparently the children live with the grandparents and the father was visiting the kids.

Sat Feb 27, 2016, 02:51 PM

Feb 2016

He told the police he was showing the children gun safety.

"Jones, 30, of Austin is charged with injury to a child, a first-degree felony, and remained in the Bell County Jail on Monday in lieu of $25,000 bail, jail records showed.

Jones reportedly told a Bell County Sheriff’s Department deputy he was showing his children gun safety when the gun he was holding fired and shot his 9-year-old daughter."

http://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_17fe1102-d9d9-11e5-a0e1-0fbadc251562.html

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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

"his father pulled the trigger to make a clicking sound the boys liked" longship Feb 2016 #1

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

this is the gun culture MariaThinks Feb 2016 #27

Until somebody you love is dead, that is. longship Feb 2016 #36

Jeebus! Sick, sad, where is Jesus on the trailer fron 7wo7rees Feb 2016 #3

Try using an actual toy gun instead of a real one meow2u3 Feb 2016 #4

Unfortunately, MrsMatt Feb 2016 #11

What a piece of shit. Inkfreak Feb 2016 #5

Why would daddy want to pretend to shoot his own children??? MagickMuffin Feb 2016 #6

What a "tragic accident." (nt) enough Feb 2016 #7

It was a joke! Daddy's a joker! Ha, ha . . . Vinca Feb 2016 #8

Don't they teach you not to do this in Gun Safety classes? Ilsa Feb 2016 #9

Any gun safety course puts this in the "never do" category... JHB Feb 2016 #12

This jackass knew you're not supposed to do that. Mariana Feb 2016 #17

I mentioned "common sense"; it's "NA" for the jackass. nt Ilsa Feb 2016 #24

I think you're assuming Mariana Feb 2016 #25

Every day, americans prove we cannot handle gun responsibility. lindysalsagal Feb 2016 #10

We had lots of guns growing up, and an absolute rule Codeine Feb 2016 #13

We had no guns growing up laundry_queen Feb 2016 #31

Com'on kids! Let's play Daddy murders his children! Solly Mack Feb 2016 #14

"She'll recover" Wounded Bear Feb 2016 #15

"Man shoots daughter in cold blood" would be the better headline. Crunchy Frog Feb 2016 #16

But was the precious gun hurt? Initech Feb 2016 #18

"I'm a wild and crazy guy!" struggle4progress Feb 2016 #19

It isn't rocket science sarisataka Feb 2016 #20

Apparently the children live with the grandparents and the father was visiting the kids. Kaleva Feb 2016 #21

Let me show you gun safety kids rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #32

Well, he succeeded in teaching them all gun safety, then. Mariana Feb 2016 #34

"Guns fire all by themselves." Crunchy Frog Feb 2016 #38

What a stupid idiot. robertgodardfromnj Feb 2016 #22

His guns too rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #30

Shooting your own children should cost you your "child rights" as well. Crunchy Frog Feb 2016 #39

"the weapon accidentally fired"? Argh. How about "he accidentally shot her" uppityperson Feb 2016 #23

Yep jberryhill Feb 2016 #26

Just more responsible gun ownership rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #28

The largest hole in the world tazkcmo Feb 2016 #29

If he hasn't been convicted, he can still vote for tRUMP this coming Monday. Jim Beard Feb 2016 #33

This phenomenon has yet to be explained Kaleva Feb 2016 #35

Mix a little boredom with a whole lot of stupid BeyondGeography Feb 2016 #37

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

Poor little girl! BuelahWitch Feb 2016 #42