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pnwmom

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23. You could invite people to your home where they could be at risk from your pool.

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:55 AM

Jun 2016

How would you feel if a two year old slipped away when you and the parent got distracted for a few seconds, and, after a thorough search of the house, you finally found him underneath the pool cover, blue and floating in the water?

Would you just say, Oh well, accidents happen?

It happened to someone I know. This kind of accident is not infrequent. Why would anyone object to finding a way to reduce children's drownings?

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3-year-old drowns in swimming pool at baby sitter’s home [View all] Kang Colby Jun 2016 OP

Life includes risk. We can't completely eliminate accidents newthinking Jun 2016 #1

Pools offer nothing more than recreation and death. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #2

so do swimming holes, hell, hiking and walking outside offer recreation and potential death newthinking Jun 2016 #11

Look at the statistics. Pools are too dangerous. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #13

Your pool analogy doesn't work. I can't take my pool with me to your house and cause you to drown. newthinking Jun 2016 #17

See post 18. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #20

You could invite people to your home where they could be at risk from your pool. pnwmom Jun 2016 #23

This is a trolling post about guns. newthinking Jun 2016 #25

No it's not. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #34

Yeah, it is. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #54

You're fooling absolutely nobody. (nt) Paladin Jun 2016 #64

I imagine a handful of people may even believe you to be sincere in your allegations. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #73

Pool is the first place I'd look. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2016 #80

Maybe not, in the dead of winter. Everyone had been inside and he didn't pnwmom Jun 2016 #81

I would. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2016 #83

But the visiting family didn't know there was a covered pool in the backyard. n/t pnwmom Jun 2016 #84

How awful. That's the problem when you are visiting. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2016 #85

The good news pnwmom Jun 2016 #87

Thanks for telling me that. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2016 #88

LIFE offers nothing more than recreation and death. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 #43

Wrong. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #45

No one forces us to work. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 #48

That's true. We do it to thrive and survive. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #49

Pretty much bravenak Jun 2016 #50

Lol, coming from someone who promotes guns! Classic. Nt Logical Jun 2016 #89

I don't think this thread has anything to do with "pool control" PersonNumber503602 Jun 2016 #4

Clearly we need it. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #6

We need backyard pool control? Are you being serious? newthinking Jun 2016 #12

If it only saves one life, it would be worth it. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #19

what about bathtubs ? Angel Martin Jun 2016 #26

Sorry but this is the babysitters fault Beaverhausen Jun 2016 #3

But if she didn't have a pool, this wouldn't have happened. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #5

Nope Beaverhausen Jun 2016 #7

All rifles combined including hunting rifles are involved with less than 400 deaths her year. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #10

so is this a gun point you are trying to make? newthinking Jun 2016 #15

No, but an innocent child can wander into your pool. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #18

This is a silly post newthinking Jun 2016 #21

I'm sure I'll be in good company. Private pool ownership should be banned. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #22

I don't know about your state but mine mandates a fence around your pool... Human101948 Jun 2016 #31

Or increase the liability of homeowners insurance... which it does. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #74

Actually, there are common sense laws for pool control that I would support. MH1 Jun 2016 #36

Yes; I know some places do have laws that you can't have a pool snot Jun 2016 #78

We now design cars around human error. Auto manufacturers used to blame pnwmom Jun 2016 #24

The babysitter needs to be prosecuted. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #8

Exactly bravenak Jun 2016 #51

Agreed; how the heck do you leave 3 and 5 yr olds alone w/ a pool that's taller than they are? snot Jun 2016 #77

is there any group out there that is against any regulations of pools JI7 Jun 2016 #9

Normally the problem pools are the in-ground pools. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #14

We need a ban on in-ground pools. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #16

And until they're banned, we'll rename them "assault pools". Just reading posts Jun 2016 #27

You should begin the movement should your sentiment actually be sincere. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #75

the reason these arguments don't work Enrique Jun 2016 #28

Baby gets eaten by dingo... Crunchy Frog Jun 2016 #29

We've had a fairly constructive dialog on it that resulted in OSHA regulations for swimming pools Recursion Jun 2016 #30

Fortunately, there's no "NRA" for pools, so regulation is possible to make it better! Sancho Jun 2016 #32

YOU are the winner today! n/t phylny Jun 2016 #33

That's wrong. Nice try. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #41

There are plenty of regulations for home pools...and insurance policy mandates. Sancho Jun 2016 #46

+1 Raissa Jun 2016 #61

One wonders if a PAC has prevented the CDC from researching pool deaths. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #76

When somebody's pool manages to hunt people down and drown them en masse, we can discuss Heidi Jun 2016 #35

When has an inanimate object ever hunted anything down? Kang Colby Jun 2016 #39

Gun fetishes are disgusting. hunter Jun 2016 #37

No, 65 children die as a result of firearm accidents. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #38

Piss on guns. hunter Jun 2016 #40

Piss in pools. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #42

As I said, gun love is disgusting. hunter Jun 2016 #44

Pool love is disgusting. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #47

Total deaths of children, seventeen or younger, by drowning and by firearms, 2000-2014: struggle4progress Jun 2016 #62

from respecttheblankie.com 9/19/2015 plcdude Jun 2016 #82

Well, aren't you cute? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #52

Tragic story Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #53

Seems to be this poster's MO Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #55

Preciousssssss Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #57

My bad. He actually tried to compare guns with bicycles. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #72

Why not just require locking pool covers? MohRokTah Jun 2016 #56

That time that guy walked into an elementary school and killed twenty 6 year olds with a pool? Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #58

My neighbors have a pool like that. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2016 #59

How dare he have things in his backyard! REP Jun 2016 #66

It's dangerous in this neighborhood . leftyladyfrommo Jun 2016 #71

Is this supposed to offset the harm gun fanciers cause in our society. Sorry, there's Hoyt Jun 2016 #60

Of course it is .... it also ignores local ordinances related to zoning and building etherealtruth Jun 2016 #63

Thanks. The OP is a gun proponent. Hope some day we have as many restrictions for gunz as pools. Hoyt Jun 2016 #67

Yep n/t etherealtruth Jun 2016 #68

Horrible but don't more kids malaise Jun 2016 #65

And, you posted this thread because gunz, not because of swimming poolz Electric Monk Jun 2016 #69

pretty low even for the usual ammosexual shitbaggery. KG Jun 2016 #70

Don't forget that guy who carried a pool into a club and drowned 49 people Orrex Jun 2016 #79

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