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In reply to the discussion: Responsible Gun Owner's 3-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Her In The Head [View all]Straw Man
(6,780 posts)157. The child's finger should never be on the gun.
Killing is child's play when the child has a gun, it is not complicated. Just twitch a finger. Dead.
That can't happen if the adult behaves responsibly. You would remove a right from all responsible adults because of the actions of a few irresponsible ones. Furthermore, you don't hold the irresponsible ones culpable for the fatal results of their stupidity and irresponsibility. That's astounding to me.
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Love me, love my gun, love my country...or else.., but true patriotism has nothing to do with guns.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#22
Your pathetic attempt at a joke would have more validity if she was not killed
CBGLuthier
Nov 2014
#66
She was killed by a 3 year old with a loaded gun she negligently left on a table...a gun, not a fork
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#70
much as i enjoy a good darwin award, they're more appropriate when they happen before breeding.
unblock
Nov 2014
#202
Again proving the deadly nature of a gun, a child can kill an adult with this inanimate object.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#2
More gun lovers are killed by their own guns than by criminals. Stupid gun lovers.....
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#8
"Who will be a 'responsible gun owner' right up until the moment they aren't."
pablo_marmol
Nov 2014
#92
I have no problem with a license that is good in every state - just like a drivers license. nt
hack89
Dec 2014
#206
I know, the gun loving folk do not get it that a gun is a......gun...go figure.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#42
what facts do you refer to? studies around the world show that increased gun ownership
samsingh
Nov 2014
#196
the 'control' side doesn't shoot guns at least. Are you more concerned with words or actual bullets
samsingh
Dec 2014
#212
Only the reading comprehension impaired could come to that conclusion. NT
pablo_marmol
Dec 2014
#224
Right -- because quoting award-winning liberal criminologists is such a horrible thing.
pablo_marmol
Feb 2015
#243
Most civilized societies have sensible laws when it comes to guns and healthcare, in these two areas
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
#177
Why are so many civilized societies able to function just fine without guns?
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
#178
you are right - it requires some level of critical thinking to grasp the difference
samsingh
Nov 2014
#41
There are laws against intentionally killing people but it does not stop this
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#74
no, you just don't want to do anything to stop innocent people from being killed by
samsingh
Nov 2014
#147
selective picking there. In fact, around the world stats show the opposite of your viewpoint
samsingh
Nov 2014
#150
Al Gore did win btw - you're giving yourself away - the supreme court stoogers stopped
samsingh
Nov 2014
#152
i really don't think you're reading my posts - seems like you have something to say
samsingh
Nov 2014
#176
Al Gore would have won if Katherine Harris hadnt iillegaly struck 90,000
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
#179
There are no accidental deaths from bicycles. Deaths of bike riders are typically caused--
eridani
Nov 2014
#151
If you're not touching it, with your finger on the trigger, it's not in 'use'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2014
#120
Most civilized societies dont have these silly arguments about bicycles and guns..
NoJusticeNoPeace
Nov 2014
#180
There is already a law against murder & lacking a firearm doesn't prevent suicides.
kioa
Nov 2014
#95
But lacking a firearm tends to drastically reduce the suicide rate and other murder rates.
SheilaT
Nov 2014
#125
a kid was able to get a hold of her gun and kill her with it - you don't see anything wrong with
samsingh
Nov 2014
#34
No, they do not, just an irresponsible gun owner, the gun is totally innocent. Breathtaking.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#62
innocent implies sentience. the admission is that the gun is not an inanimate object
samsingh
Nov 2014
#97
NRA talking points...freedom to own deadly weapons and to die freely by them is death, not liberty.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#15
You win the prize for being the first to utter the "NRA talking points" meme first.
GGJohn
Nov 2014
#29
Scissors are fine, not designed to kill and can not kill easily. Killing is child's play with guns,
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#117
Killing is child's play when the child has a gun, it is not complicated. Just twitch a finger. Dead.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#156
LOL, any other "inanimate object" that a child can use to kill so easily? Name one, there is nothing
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#158
Everything you mention does not involve the use of a deadly weapon, get it?
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#160
hurt feelings on one hand - innocent people being massacred by people with guns on the other
samsingh
Nov 2014
#35
Safety first, do not own a deadly weapon like a gun, no death by gun. Simple even for the simpletons
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#30
But, ileus, you posted you only have target and hunting guns...showing your paranoia now, at
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#54
Post #32, dearee, so now you are going to add to your arsenal to justify your illogic?
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#60
My mistake, life saving devices to me means things like a life preserver or fire extinguishers...
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#64
as along as the gun lover is safe it doesn't matter that kids somewhere else are being slaughtered
samsingh
Nov 2014
#104
Firearms are as safe as baby powder..wow...armies are using the wrong weapons!
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#39
And they could blast barrels of glitter over the battlefield...choking hazard....why do they choose
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#50