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AndyA

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1. Obviously, the 10 month old child should have had a gun to protect himself

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 08:37 AM

Mar 2013

Another terribly sad, tragic story. Another life lost because of a gun.

Another example of a family devastated by the false belief that having a gun makes you safer.

Very sad, hope this family finds the strength to move forward, but so often something like this destroys the family, another wonderful benefit of our "come and get 'em" gun obsessed society.

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Reports: Father accidentally shoots, kills 10-month-old son in front of family [View all] trailmonkee Mar 2013 OP

Obviously, the 10 month old child should have had a gun to protect himself AndyA Mar 2013 #1

They brought danger onto themselves.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2013 #2

Trying to decide if I should be sympathetic or is this simply Darwinism at work. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #3

Sad AND Darwinism at work. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #11

My thought exactly. Myrina Mar 2013 #13

Agree with both of you Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #15

dit toe. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2013 #18

His Precious needed some lovin DotGone Mar 2013 #21

Sad story, and Darwinism in its cruelest form mike dub Mar 2013 #25

Perhaps the child was not "of his line"? Just sayin'. juajen Mar 2013 #36

Come on gun humpers, TheCowsCameHome Mar 2013 #4

Well I guess freedom means the freedom to be stupid by thinking that keeping a loaded spicegal Mar 2013 #5

How terrible. nt motocicleta2 Mar 2013 #6

A child is dead and two young children and their parents will never be the same. Bosso 63 Mar 2013 #7

Sounds like the usual... Archae Mar 2013 #8

There is no accident here... raidert05 Mar 2013 #9

If one needs a class to learn not to mess with a weapon with children nearby, Myrina Mar 2013 #14

You are 100% correct raidert05 Mar 2013 #16

I saw an episode of Judge Judy the other day where a young girl had gotten a job politicaljunkie41910 Mar 2013 #47

i don't think any number of gun safety courses are going to stop tragedies like this samsingh Mar 2013 #34

Double action semi autos and safeties are there for a reason. Keeping one in the chamber? L0oniX Mar 2013 #39

Horrible tragedy Blandocyte Mar 2013 #10

"...the gun went off". Whenever it's an accident, it's always LeftinOH Mar 2013 #12

I wonder why a husband and father... KansDem Mar 2013 #19

Sounds like abuse, and is not uncommon. Hoyt Mar 2013 #20

Except for rare occasions... bobclark86 Mar 2013 #22

Sure, today he's "some asshole" primavera Mar 2013 #24

Yup, one of my buds... bobclark86 Mar 2013 #26

The gun lobby isn't some penniless, insignificant fringe element... primavera Mar 2013 #30

Well Put. (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #32

Yeah, they aren't exactly hurting right now... bobclark86 Mar 2013 #37

One of my perennial philosophical debates with myself primavera Mar 2013 #42

That's why I used to like Ruger... bobclark86 Mar 2013 #45

Good point. Guns DO kill people. loudsue Mar 2013 #23

guns kills people and people use guns to kill people samsingh Mar 2013 #35

It loaded itself, un-did its safety, aimed and fired itself KurtNYC Mar 2013 #44

Yet another law-abiding member of the well regulated militia... primavera Mar 2013 #17

Guns - macho Iliyah Mar 2013 #27

So sad...and so predictable. SunSeeker Mar 2013 #28

Similar story from December:Father fatally shoots son outside Pennsylvania gun store Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #29

And these tragedies are only the ones that make the news cadaverdog Mar 2013 #43

The hype of NRA yelling more guns, people have said to me you gotta get a gun and Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #31

re::ND bills could make abortion rules strictest in US allan01 Mar 2013 #33

Never point or sweep a weapon at or over a person ...loaded or unloaded. Always assume it's loaded. L0oniX Mar 2013 #38

horrifying story DesertRat Mar 2013 #40

Gun safety rules... ManiacJoe Mar 2013 #41

Imagine how much worse it would have been if he weren't a responsible gun owner... or... harmonicon Mar 2013 #46