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struggle4progress

(126,809 posts) Fri Jul 6, 2012, 12:40 PM Jul 2012

3-year-old son of San Jose police officer dies in handgun incident [View all]

July 6, 2012 | 8:54 am

The 3-year-old son of a San Jose police officer died of a gunshot wound in what appeared to be an accident at their home in Gilroy, authorities said.

Gilroy police would not say if the child shot himself or was shot by someone else in the incident, which occurred Thursday evening while family members were with him at home. Emergency personnel called to the house in the Santa Clara County community were unable to save the boy and he was pronounced dead on the way to a local hospital, according to a department announcement that did not identify the child or his father.

How the weapon was stored in the house will be central to the investigation. Gilroy police Sgt. Chad Gallacinao told the San Jose Mercury News that the probe was in its early stages, and "we believe it was accidental, however we are investigating to verify that and determine how it happened." ...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/son-cop-shot-gun-san-jose.html

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3-year-old son of San Jose police officer dies in handgun incident [View all] struggle4progress Jul 2012 OP

Basic gun safety should be taught in public schools slackmaster Jul 2012 #1

You're kidding right? bowens43 Jul 2012 #2

NEVER acceptable to have a gun in the home. Remmah2 Jul 2012 #3

And how do you get past the 2A? permatex Jul 2012 #5

The sane answer is education. Clames Jul 2012 #9

The child's father should have known better than to leave a gun around where the child could get it slackmaster Jul 2012 #10

Father is a police officer. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #12

Abstinence only, mixed with a bit of shame 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #14

That's worked for sex and drugs, right? PavePusher Jul 2012 #26

Yes, because guns are exactly like sex and drugs! DanTex Jul 2012 #32

+10000 Hoyt Jul 2012 #51

You'd Better take another hit rl6214 Jul 2012 #64

"If it saves just one child..." slackmaster Jul 2012 #41

Yea,yea Meiko Jul 2012 #39

Certain posters have no answers. They only have emotions, hysteria, and irrational fears Common Sense Party Jul 2012 #60

"irrational fear of inanimate objects" - like adding to the daily gun-deaths of children? DrDan Jul 2012 #70

Do YOU add to the daily gun deaths of children? Common Sense Party Jul 2012 #72

nope DrDan Jul 2012 #73

"the only sane answer is to get rid of the guns" rl6214 Jul 2012 #63

Sadly, this poor little boy never made it that far, did he? TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #4

It is very sad permatex Jul 2012 #6

gun owner family values in action nt msongs Jul 2012 #7

Your saying all gun owners are like this idiot? permatex Jul 2012 #8

A lot are, just haven't killed or maimed someone yet. Hoyt Jul 2012 #52

And you have the stats to prove this? permatex Jul 2012 #56

Permatex , my post is about the future. That stats question doesn't apply. Hoyt Jul 2012 #57

Just say it permatex Jul 2012 #58

Not so much reasonable owners, but carriers definitely. There really are some undesirable attitudes Hoyt Jul 2012 #59

You have undesirable attitudes toward ALL CCW holders, which you demonstrate on a daily basis. Common Sense Party Jul 2012 #61

Except I'm not carrying a lethal weapon, ready to shoot if I "FEEL threatened." Hoyt Jul 2012 #74

No clue huh? permatex Jul 2012 #75

misfire not bullseye. Remmah2 Jul 2012 #76

We have been living the future for at least a decade or so. hack89 Jul 2012 #77

Don't you know yet that hoyt believes every gun owner is a criminal or accident waiting to happen? rl6214 Jul 2012 #65

was he gun owner? gejohnston Jul 2012 #48

He didn't make it that far because HIS FATHER had not properly learned about gun safety slackmaster Jul 2012 #11

His father was cop TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #15

Really? Clames Jul 2012 #16

Save your lame excuses. The poor boy is dead. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #17

The truth isn't a lame excuse. Clames Jul 2012 #20

Inanimate, until it isn't. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #22

Inanimate until the world ends and then some... Clames Jul 2012 #23

I used my crystal ball to see what happened sarisataka Jul 2012 #24

I think I can sum up his argument in one picture. Clames Jul 2012 #46

If he'd been neglegently run over in the driveway.... PavePusher Jul 2012 #28

You forgot bathtubs and swimming pools and household cleansers. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #49

Well, I disagree. No more than ladder safety or chain saw safety. School..... Logical Jul 2012 #18

They teach how to handle chainsaws... Clames Jul 2012 #21

School does teach ladder safety sarisataka Jul 2012 #25

They do not teach nail gun safety or hatchet safety or trampoline safety, Etc. My brothers.... Logical Jul 2012 #27

You don't need to touch a gun to be taught sarisataka Jul 2012 #33

FFA. Shop class. Chemistry. Home Ec. PavePusher Jul 2012 #29

No kid of mine had FFA or shop. If you think.... Logical Jul 2012 #30

Doesn't mean it's not there. PavePusher Jul 2012 #43

How do you feel about teaching kids about STDs in school? slackmaster Jul 2012 #35

STDS I agree with, but many household items can kill you. How do... Logical Jul 2012 #37

If even a small number of boys make it a practice to wrap it up during sex, that is success slackmaster Jul 2012 #42

Many/most of those things can be sorted into a few general classes of items: PavePusher Jul 2012 #44

I learned how to operate a printing press and lots of nasty dangerous power tools in middle and high slackmaster Jul 2012 #36

I had some of those too. Much different now. At least where we live. Logical Jul 2012 #38

That is an unfortunate loss. Industrial arts courses were abundant when I was a kid. slackmaster Jul 2012 #40

I agree. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #47

It will be interesting to hear what the investigation finds. hollysmom Jul 2012 #13

The cop will get off with no punishment, unlike most citizens. They protect their own. Logical Jul 2012 #19

They is why they... gregoire Jul 2012 #31

Google off duty police shot sarisataka Jul 2012 #34

Does it burn when you do that? PavePusher Jul 2012 #45

Poor child Meiko Jul 2012 #50

Such events are one in a million. GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #53

One is too many gregoire Jul 2012 #54

If you were truly concerned about accidental deaths to children... GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #71

What other killer of children do you apply this standard to? hack89 Jul 2012 #78

Your epidemiology is sloppy: the risk in the 0-12 age group is about 11 per million struggle4progress Jul 2012 #55

Google dump of the day or just general spam rl6214 Jul 2012 #62

spam's against message board rules here: you should alert if you think you see spam struggle4progress Jul 2012 #66

So we agree that the cop should have gejohnston Jul 2012 #67

Maybe "Well, I know what I'm doing!" produces more accidents than you think: struggle4progress Jul 2012 #68

something an electrician once told me gejohnston Jul 2012 #69