Gun Control & RKBA

SheilaT

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65. Really? More than 30,000 kids die every year from drinking Drano?

Sat May 9, 2015, 12:12 PM

May 2015

Wow! Obviously the caustic chemical industry is doing an excellent job of covering this up.

The NRA itself is working to get guns back in the hands of felons. And there are loopholes in the federal laws. I'm not even considering the fact that it's possible for anyone to buy a gun without a background check at places like gun shows.

And even if they have an indoor range, I keep on hearing that the NRA won't allow anyone to carry at their headquarters nor at their various conventions.

30,000 kids a year die from Drano. I'm still trying to wrap my head around that statistic. I get that number because you tell me ten times as my kids die that way as from guns, and the official statistics are that around 3,000 kids die from guns on a yearly basis.

A while back a DUer was posting a weekly update on children under age wounded or killed by guns, and I believe he was simply culling news reports he found, not tracking down actual hard statistics. It was pretty astonishing and depressing.

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Florida girl, 7, dies after accidentally shot by her father [View all] Judi Lynn May 2015 OP

Just too sad marym625 May 2015 #1

I have a hard time using the word accidental upaloopa May 2015 #2

I agree. brer cat May 2015 #5

It's called manslaughter, the problem is the DA's rarely choose to charge the person with the gun Lurks Often May 2015 #8

IMHO you're pretty much spot on discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #10

Yes!! BrotherIvan May 2015 #12

Wilol you hold vehicle drivers to the same standard? n/t oneshooter May 2015 #13

Conflating cars with guns is disingenuous BrotherIvan May 2015 #15

Why is negligent driving different from negligent carry? n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #16

Well, we do have plenty of laws against that don't we BrotherIvan May 2015 #17

not true gejohnston May 2015 #18

I don't have time to argue guns with gunners BrotherIvan May 2015 #19

So, in other words... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #20

Oh good, please DO IT NOW BrotherIvan May 2015 #21

Don'cha be tellin' me whata do. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #23

And by the way, your smilies are on the thread about the death of a 7 year-old girl BrotherIvan May 2015 #22

So if we made all guns illegal, what would we do... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #24

NYT Op Ed is a lie by ommission gejohnston May 2015 #25

Well... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #14

I strongly agree: negligent homicide. Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #57

I can't vote to punish a parent who accidentally kills their offspring. BlueJazz May 2015 #3

With a weapon? DashOneBravo May 2015 #26

Second time= yes BlueJazz May 2015 #27

WTH? DashOneBravo May 2015 #29

That's the way I feel. BlueJazz May 2015 #34

There is no DashOneBravo May 2015 #50

I can. SheilaT May 2015 #52

not accidental it's negligent homicide for which he ought to be locked up Romeo.lima333 May 2015 #4

I would forgive anybody...the first time. BlueJazz May 2015 #28

NO. It's time to say "ENOUGH!" lastlib May 2015 #31

It's going to happen again and again. There's nothing we can do about it. Humans make errors. BlueJazz May 2015 #35

"Control your own weapons, or we will do it for you" Kindly define 'we' for us, if you would friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #37

So it's okay to kill one kid. SheilaT May 2015 #54

It's never Ok to hurt anybody in any way. Part of my feeling on the subject is rather selfish. BlueJazz May 2015 #55

At the risk of repe SheilaT May 2015 #60

No, it is not a relief hack89 May 2015 #6

Where do you point your muzzle...I think there's a rule about this. ileus May 2015 #7

Just my opinion discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #9

This is so sad. Fortunately, these kinds of "accidental" shootings are getting rare... Eleanors38 May 2015 #11

Tell that to the seven-year-old........ lastlib May 2015 #32

I suggest you arm yourself with actual facts from the CDC hack89 May 2015 #38

No, that is the whole nation. I find it peculiar anyone would argue more deaths Eleanors38 May 2015 #39

That's a small number DashOneBravo May 2015 #33

As mentioned in my other response, ONLY by recognizing hard facts Eleanors38 May 2015 #40

So 60 or so kids per year killed with guns is perfectly acceptable? SheilaT May 2015 #53

Let me deconstruct your falsehood for you... Eleanors38 May 2015 #59

Well, all the posters who proudly point to how very SheilaT May 2015 #61

"[You] don't give a flying fuck why those deaths might be fewer." Re-read Your statement and tell Eleanors38 May 2015 #64

*That* statement needs to be immortalized on the 'Stuff Gun Control Advocates Say' page: friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #67

"I don't give a flying fuck why those deaths might be fewer." Why not? friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author lastlib May 2015 #30

So how well have those appeals to ridicule been working for ammophobes lately? friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #36

We have enough hate. You should reconsider the no-longer-hep approach Eleanors38 May 2015 #41

Sarcasm & smilies are entirely inappropriate LVR10509 May 2015 #42

If fewer people had guns, fewer people would be accidnetally killed by guns. cyberswede May 2015 #43

Logical, but... LVR10509 May 2015 #44

I'm very sorry this happened to your family. cyberswede May 2015 #45

I totally get it... LVR10509 May 2015 #46

my condolences to your family, I can not imagine the pain. uppityperson May 2015 #47

Much appreciated; thank you LVR10509 May 2015 #48

I am sorry for your loss. The whole event is tragic. icymist May 2015 #49

This is exactly why I think guns SheilaT May 2015 #51

In 2011 in the US according to the FBI UCR... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #56

Congratulations. Straw Man May 2015 #58

What I wish is that those who blithely SheilaT May 2015 #62

say what? gejohnston May 2015 #63

Really? More than 30,000 kids die every year from drinking Drano? SheilaT May 2015 #65

Apparently you have a skewed definition of "child" discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #68

not even close gejohnston May 2015 #69

Well, according to MSNBC SheilaT May 2015 #70

Lawrence O'Donnell gejohnston May 2015 #71

Confiscation??! virginia mountainman May 2015 #72

Wow!!! GGJohn May 2015 #74

Lets give you some perspective..Lets deal in facts, instead of emotions. virginia mountainman May 2015 #73