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83. I know about that particular motel

Mon Feb 2, 2015, 04:50 PM

Feb 2015

and that the owners are soft touches who will accept people if they're a few dollars short of a night's fee if they've got kids. I hate it when something awful happens there since so many of their guests are desperate.

The kindest thing in the world would be to tell those folks they had a week to get rid of the guns so that they could sell them to one of the many pawn shops in this area.

Yeah, I live in the same general area where this went down. This is one of the poorer parts of a very poor state.

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Toddler wounds both parents with 1 shot from handgun (updated) [View all] Archae Feb 2015 OP

That will show them for turning off Thomas the Tank Engine. AngryAmish Feb 2015 #1

Ha Ha lsewpershad Feb 2015 #63

Little Sure Shot of the 21st Century.... nt MADem Feb 2015 #79

There's always some idiot who just can't seem to keep a gun locked away from children. NutmegYankee Feb 2015 #2

Pablum Sniper TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #3

My thought exactly. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #4

This^^^^^ ybbor Feb 2015 #27

The only thing that stops a baby with a gun is a grown-up with a gun thesquanderer Feb 2015 #5

There was a two year old in the room too. onehandle Feb 2015 #6

The moment it emerges? THAT'S TOO LATE! Thav Feb 2015 #11

Awww, fer Chrissakes, she was just a lookout. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #49

There is NO excuse, but Alb police have killed so many duhneece Feb 2015 #7

I'm going with the obvious - kiva Feb 2015 #77

People Control, Not Gun Control Sancho Feb 2015 #8

All of the above! mountain grammy Feb 2015 #12

Agree with you on just about everything, but SCUBA equipment requires a certification... Thor_MN Feb 2015 #13

Yea..I'm sure states differ... Sancho Feb 2015 #58

That's pretty much the Australian model too Eureka Feb 2015 #69

they need to be charged w neglect. mopinko Feb 2015 #9

No mainstreetonce Feb 2015 #35

i'm just being practical. mopinko Feb 2015 #37

Thar problem is mainstreetonce Feb 2015 #40

An accident? Matrosov Feb 2015 #10

Would the toddler not recieve all sorts of entitlements if the parents were gone? Thor_MN Feb 2015 #15

There needs to be a new category of Darwin Award: Hoppy Feb 2015 #14

American Sniper WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #16

Oboy! A twofer! NBachers Feb 2015 #17

Kid's got talent! candelista Feb 2015 #29

A real sharpshooter! Quasimodem Feb 2015 #70

wait two toddlers and a loaded gun?? #ParentsOfTheYear!!! Heather MC Feb 2015 #18

I think this kid needs to get points for marksmanship. SheilaT Feb 2015 #19

More importantly, is the iPod safe? Orrex Feb 2015 #20

+1 lunasun Feb 2015 #59

Damn, he could have rid the world of two morons if he'd had a better shot. nt valerief Feb 2015 #21

wow Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #33

Irony BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #73

Gun nuts are gathering in Albuquerque even now - this child is the chosen one. Schema Thing Feb 2015 #22

"Local media reports say police believe Saturday�s shooting was accident." Fla Dem Feb 2015 #23

Oh the patriotic duty libodem Feb 2015 #24

Good thing they had a gun to keep their family safe! tabasco Feb 2015 #25

So the couple had a 3 yr. old, a 2 yr. old and were 8 months pregnant, AND Divernan Feb 2015 #26

Yeah, that gun really protected them, didn't it? nt valerief Feb 2015 #28

Your empathy for the poor is truly underwhelming. Divernan Feb 2015 #31

Your empathy for guns is frightening. nt valerief Feb 2015 #48

I'm no fan of guns, but you are way out of line here. DRoseDARs Feb 2015 #60

I appreciate your rational response. Divernan Feb 2015 #71

Yes, the only way to protect your family is to let your kids shoot you. nt valerief Feb 2015 #72

"this family faces ACTUAL dangers to their lives" jberryhill Feb 2015 #80

Maybe I'm just really sleepy but crim son Feb 2015 #81

I was replying to the bullshit above jberryhill Feb 2015 #84

What good is a loaded gun in a purse anyway? LibDemAlways Feb 2015 #30

I remember a scene from a move; greiner3 Feb 2015 #32

LOL! More guns! Enthusiast Feb 2015 #34

proper hangun safety Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #36

That sure looks good on paper TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #38

See you found this OP Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #43

Gun safety should be taught in schools.... TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #39

age appropriate gun safety should be taught Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #42

Please do not try to tell me what I want and don't want to happen TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #47

OK, fair enough. So are you for that or not? Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #50

Yes, preferably at no expense to taxpayers TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #54

I hope you think the same for Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #55

So we should not teach kids the dangers of guns? hack89 Feb 2015 #44

Who said we shouldn't? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #46

The NRA has the best gun safety programs in the country hack89 Feb 2015 #51

it always amazes me Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #53

NRA already has the courses Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #52

One shot, two hits. Aristus Feb 2015 #41

Two-for one! In your fucking face, Chris Kyle! Iggo Feb 2015 #45

NRA is right guillaumeb Feb 2015 #56

The newscast was his own heroic action play by play to attend to his girlfriend not endangering lunasun Feb 2015 #57

I said I wanted Peanut Butter Crunch not Crunch Berries........... Monk06 Feb 2015 #61

I'm curious about why 2 little kids and another on the way are living in a motel room Vinca Feb 2015 #62

food for thought sweetapogee Feb 2015 #64

We get sidetracked? Damn right, we do... TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #66

keep a clear eye sweetapogee Feb 2015 #68

American Toddler - the next blockbuster from Clint Eastwood. Kaleva Feb 2015 #65

What was going on that placed Daddy's butt and Mommy's shoulder in alignment? --nt Kennah Feb 2015 #67

i was just wondering the same thing orleans Feb 2015 #74

I would guess father standing, mother sitting a bit farther across the room, and the gun petronius Feb 2015 #75

You're no fun. Kaleva Feb 2015 #82

Both kids are on hold at CYF Warpy Feb 2015 #76

Indeed, this was a sad story even before the gunshot :( arcane1 Feb 2015 #78

I know about that particular motel Warpy Feb 2015 #83