Other State Boy finds unsecure gun in mom’s car; fatally shoots 6yo sister

[User 1234]

Georgia girl, 6, dies after brother accidentally shoots her in head, police say

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[surevaliance]

Natural selection.
Don't keep your guns in your consoles, glove boxes, purses, etc.
Stuff like this gives more fuel to gun-control vultures.

 

[User 1234]

Natural selection usually involves the stupid person (the parent in this case) dying, not an innocent bystander.

 

[surevaliance]

Natural selection usually involves the stupid person (the parent in this case) dying, not an innocent bystander.

I meant the whole pack of certain gene pool, not alpha-female alone.

 

[DB is Here]

Such an avoidable incident. Just heartbreaking.

 

[cigars]

The proggies will be jumping on this, predictably. Blame the gun, not the human. Funny though that during the Boston Marathon incident, the media kept referring to the "bomber", not so much the bomb.

 

[User 1234]

I was reading the Massad Ayoob book on concealed carry and his final talking points section had some key takeaways. One is having redundant safety measures in place because you will have a loaded lethal weapon near yourself and your family. Don't rely on only one safety measure, especially one that human error can omit.

Second he warned not to inform anyone that you carry unless absolutely necessary due to the risk of false accusations. This is even more important in the days of red flag laws where anyone can make a frivolous accusation against any gun owner and without due process your guns are seized.

 

[Used To Hunt]

A loaded firearm must remain on your person or avoidable tragedies like this can happen. My heart aches for the family that will never get over this incident.

 

[clearconscience]

This is absolutely tragic.
It's senseless and stupid, but I feel for the family and the boy. There's no good life ahead of him or the parents.

 

[edzz]

Teach them young... I remember being at our neighbors house when I was 4 pushing 5 with my slightly younger girlfriend Janice, we both noticed the door to her dads shop open and a side by side shotgun leaning against the wall. Neither of us entered the shop and Janice went and got her mom to shut the door and lock it.

We were trained from a young age how to behave, even as free range children most of us survived.

It's about the children. If parents would spend more time teaching their children how to survive in today's world and less time hovering over the children trying to protect their children from it...