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29. Similar story from December:Father fatally shoots son outside Pennsylvania gun store

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 11:25 AM

Mar 2013

Father fatally shoots son outside Pennsylvania gun store

(Reuters) - A seven-year-old boy was shot to death by his father on Saturday in the parking lot of a gun store in western Pennsylvania in an apparent accident, state police told Reuters.

Craig Allen Loughrey was shot in the chest by a handgun his father, Joseph V. Loughrey, 44, was holding as they were getting into the family vehicle at Twig's Reloading Den in Mercer, about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, a Pennsylvania State Police spokesman said.

The boy died at the scene of the shooting, which happened at 10:50 a.m. His father was questioned by investigators, but police said the evidence pointed to an accident.

The two were from nearby Fredonia, Pa., police said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/09/us-usa-pennsylvania-shooting-idUSBRE8B800S20121209

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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