Gun Control & RKBA

jody

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48. Absolutely & also children who drown in family pool or die from other things controlled by parents.

Reply to mikeb302000 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 07:12 PM

Jan 2013

Don't cherry pick one cause of children deaths, get them all:

WISQARS 10 Leading Causes of Unintentional Injury Deaths, United States 2007, All Races, Both Sexes
Rank AGE 1-12
1 Unintentional MV Traffic 1,177
2 Unintentional Drowning 630
3 Unintentional Fire/burn 393
4 Unintentional Suffocation 223
5 Unintentional Pedestrian, Other 163
6 Unintentional Other Land Transport 93
7 Unintentional Struck by or Against 72
8 Unintentional Poisoning 67
9 Unintentional Fall 60
10 Unintentional Firearm 50

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Should Parents Whose Children are Killed Playing with Guns be Prosecuted? [View all] mikeb302000 Dec 2012 OP

depends on where the gun came from gejohnston Dec 2012 #1

If their child is already HALO141 Dec 2012 #18

How about if the parents go to jail and lose their guns? nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #25

There should be laws about safe storage quakerboy Dec 2012 #32

Agreed nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #41

This shooting happened in Minnesota. Jenoch Jan 2013 #47

i think the manufactures should be sued for not making guns childproof samsingh Dec 2012 #2

Absolutely! (nt) ehrenfeucht games Jan 2013 #50

What would make the firearm child proof? aikoaiko Jan 2013 #54

Absolutely they should be prosecuted Siwsan Dec 2012 #3

They are, depending on the circumstances Recursion Dec 2012 #4

"Can" but often isn't. nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #26

Absofuckinglutely! Tempest Dec 2012 #5

And of course the same thing applies to household toxins, swimming pools, bathtubs, Common Sense Party Dec 2012 #22

I would say yest to those, except for bathtubs. ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #30

It does for swimming pools, I know that Tempest Jan 2013 #46

Be nice if you ever actually read what you post. Clames Dec 2012 #6

What are you talking about? mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #27

No, it isn't. Clames Dec 2012 #37

So you think most people who allow gun accidents are prosecuted? nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #42

No and that makes sense since the majority result in self injury. Clames Dec 2012 #45

Favorite group: Gun Control & RKBA, 396 posts in the last 90 days (96% of total posts) ... eom Kolesar Jan 2013 #52

Your favorite group too. Clames Jan 2013 #61

IMHO... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #7

Um quakerboy Dec 2012 #33

Experience trumps hearsay.... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #35

Edge of the prairie quakerboy Dec 2012 #39

One of my wiser instructors... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #40

It's a state law issue slackmaster Dec 2012 #8

Almost... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #11

define children and playing. ileus Dec 2012 #9

Anything, right, anything at all to shift blame away... TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #57

Well, you mucked up the facts a bit. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #10

What was mucked up? nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #28

Do you want to sit on that jury? jeepnstein Dec 2012 #12

Mikey would love it. He is that bloodthirsty. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #15

He is that bloodthirsty.? Kolesar Jan 2013 #53

I'd be happy to sit on that jury dballance Dec 2012 #31

How about accidental drownings? DookieMonster Dec 2012 #13

They are both tragedies. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #14

same intent gejohnston Dec 2012 #17

Spam deleted by bluesbassman (MIR Team) DookieMonster Dec 2012 #19

negligence is negligence. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #16

Leave it to prosecutors. What's the big deal? nt Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #20

I believe the parents are culpable of negligence. So let's say I go along with you, Mikey Common Sense Party Dec 2012 #21

What do those other tragedies have to do with a discussion of guns and gun rights? nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #29

Can't or won't answer? Telling. nt Common Sense Party Dec 2012 #36

They have to do with causes of child mortality, like a firearm, in the context you have raised. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #38

I never said there was a difference. This thread is about guns not all those other things. nt mikeb302000 Dec 2012 #43

Why? AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #44

Are the "grizzly reports" the ones that the Forest Service puts out? Common Sense Party Dec 2012 #23

The Right to Arm Bears ... holdencaufield Dec 2012 #24

I agree... SummerSnow Dec 2012 #34

Absolutely & also children who drown in family pool or die from other things controlled by parents. jody Jan 2013 #48

Yep, as long as parents whose children die in locked cars are as well nt geek_sabre Jan 2013 #49

should negligence be punished? Yes, of course. CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #51

because he was a cop gejohnston Jan 2013 #56

grisly, not grizzly riverwalker Jan 2013 #55

Difficult to make laws banning "stupid". nt jody Jan 2013 #58

anyone who hurts a kid - zero tolerance iiibbb Jan 2013 #59

Should parents ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #60

well... hbskifreak Jan 2013 #62

Parents who leave pills out for their children to get into should be prosecuted as well loknar Jan 2013 #63