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grilled onions

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7. Why Are Such Young Kids Left Unsupervised?

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Wed May 28, 2014, 08:37 PM

May 2014

It is bad enough in their own home but who knows what others may have hidden or left out in the open? People may have rat poison,razor blades,knives, and of course GUNS. How long do kids sit before they explore another one's home?
This tragedy repeats itself week after week and all you hear from the gun crowd is silence. More guns means more "accidents" and more burials.

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Cops: Boy, 3, fatally shoots 18-month-old brother in Arizona [View all] LiberalElite May 2014 OP

The 18 month-old should have been armed I suppose. Sad another day in doc03 May 2014 #1

He didn't purchase the gun nor is the kid mentally ill. Now what, NRA? nt kelliekat44 May 2014 #2

They'll blame Sesame Street and cookie monsters violent outburst SummerSnow May 2014 #5

Can't blame this one smallcat88 May 2014 #3

So the 78 year old guy just had to have a loaded gun just in doc03 May 2014 #4

He should be charged with negligent homicide. DeadLetterOffice May 2014 #10

I agree. doc03 May 2014 #19

He should be charged with "not giving a fuck or a second though about the children" homicide. AAO May 2014 #28

+100. nt raccoon May 2014 #31

Firearms owner should be charged Duckhunter935 May 2014 #6

Exactly. Spot on. phazed May 2014 #20

no kidding, the law is just beginning to charge parents for negligence Warpy May 2014 #27

Why Are Such Young Kids Left Unsupervised? grilled onions May 2014 #7

Exactly, kids IMO always go through things when left alone. I know I did, out of RKP5637 May 2014 #8

And you probably got even more curious.... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #9

Yep! n/t RKP5637 May 2014 #14

Hell I remember putting on my mothers brazzier angstlessk May 2014 #23

Not the parents fault. They probably thought the kids had "adult" supervision. McCamy Taylor May 2014 #17

That's absolutely incredible beyond words...I've never heard of any such thing happening before alcibiades_mystery May 2014 #11

But my gun is safe! BrotherIvan May 2014 #12

Another responsible gun owner billh58 May 2014 #13

Why is it always boys? ahlnord May 2014 #15

I seem to remember this... FreedRadical May 2014 #24

Fascinating. Thanks. nt valerief May 2014 #26

When my son was little, I used to worry about that this would happen to him. McCamy Taylor May 2014 #16

I wonder about that myself. If I had kids, it would worry me. nt raccoon May 2014 #32

Oh well, not as important as Joe's Constitutional Rights treestar May 2014 #18

Of all the directions to point the gun..why a small target like the head Submariner May 2014 #21

But the homicide rate is going down!! Doctor_J May 2014 #22

If only the 18-month-old had a gun, too...Gungeoneer logic. nt valerief May 2014 #25

And I am sure you have plenty of links supporting that? hack89 May 2014 #29

he was being sarcastic. calm down. olddad56 May 2014 #30