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Change out the word gun for a car and the story wouldn't make the news. The word gun has become hyperbolic.
Exactly this. Because they as parents neglected to teach little Johnny of the dangers that exist in life, it becomes a National crisis that all others must bare.It seem like people kids die stupidly and then they can't deal with the grief and focus on trying to make more rules for a bunch of others that don't need them....
Exactly this. Because they as parents neglected to teach little Johnny of the dangers that exist in life, it becomes a National crisis that all others must bare.
He accidentally shot himself after removing the gun lock and loading the gun? I would definitely not call that an accident, but stupidity. I also blame his parents for not teaching him basic safety, but at 15, ANYONE should know not to point a gun at yourself and pull the trigger. A tragedy, no doubt, but could have been avoided by some education or even common sense.
When you put it that way, how do we know it wasn't suicide?
I could not help think the same thing, Darwin Award. If he was 5 maybe, 15? Any 15 year old should have known better. Maybe if one party was not so dead set against teaching some gun safety in school the kid would still be alive.
Guns are dangerous in the wrong hands. It's true. Nobody is hiding that fact. If they weren't dangerous in the wrong hands, they also wouldn't be useful in defense. I don't want a gun that shoots fluffy cotton balls when my life is being threatened. Like you said, anything meant to serve a purpose also carries of the possibility of being misdirected. Politics and the internet can be dangerous too but with some common sense applied....everything turns out okay.Sad? Yes.
Darwin Award? Possibly.
"Ethan, is gone. He accidentally shot himself last year when he was at a friend's house, playing with guns"
I would say he negligently shot himself and at 15 should have known better.
Was he looking down the barrel when he pulled the trigger?
It seem like people kids die stupidly and then they can't deal with the grief and focus on trying to make more rules for a bunch of others that don't need them....
Teach your kids about guns like you should about sex and drugs - they can all be bad for your health.
I disagree. If hes never been taught what a gun can do or how to safely handle it and make it clear its unreasonable for them to know what to do. It just another reason we should teach gun safety and how to unload a firearm in school. Even if someone anti gun can agree with that.
Ditto this.If he was 5 maybe, 15? Any 15 year old should have known better.