Gun Safety For Children - Tragedy in KY.

[Tomcat47]

This is fresh off news page on Yahoo.... Just Go there to read full story. Such A Tragedy ...

BURKESVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister to death in rural southern Kentucky with a rifle he had received as a gift last year, authorities said.
The children's mother was home at the time of the shooting Tuesday afternoon but had stepped out to the front porch for a few minutes and "she heard the gun go off," Cumberland County Coroner Gary White said. He said the rifle was kept in a corner and the family didn't realize a bullet was left inside it.

Guns should not be left out! I know I grew up that way , but it just should not happen..... Always be in Control of your firearms and your children's firearms until it instilled in them for life.

 

[Sam1911]

Kids can learn to shoot. Kids can learn the safety rules and parrot them back perfectly. That's great and fine and good, but that never, ever takes the responsibility off of the shoulders of the parent.

Kids cannot be completely responsible for their actions and making them shoulder life and death responsibility is not only unfair, but about as immoral a thing as one could do.

I'm cannot imagine the agony of being a parent in such a situation. I don't know how one would even face each next minute of life after such a tragedy. Knowing, beyond anyone's ability to deny, that YOU were the responsible one.




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Gun accidents are still very, very rare and the numbers are steadily falling. But these are completely preventable and we MUST prevent them.

 

[Stargazer65]

This is a terrible thing for the family. I can't imagine. We have two Cricketts ourselves, they are locked in a safe with the other guns. They are real firearms, and they are deadly.

 

[Manco]

This is one of those tragedies, like so many others, for which numerous things had to go wrong due to gross negligence/incompetence, and sadly did. Who puts a round in a rifle that holds only a single round and is intended only for target shooting, and then decides not to shoot this single round, not to unload the rifle, not to lock it (the built-in lock), and not to lock it away in a safe? No, that would be too much effort--let's just put it in that corner and step outside for a moment with young children alone inside the house! :banghead:

 

[climbnjump]

Kids can learn to shoot. Kids can learn the safety rules and parrot them back perfectly. That's great and fine and good, but that never, ever takes the responsibility off of the shoulders of the parent.

Kids cannot be completely responsible for their actions and making them shoulder life and death responsibility is not only unfair, but about as immoral a thing as one could do.

I'm cannot imagine the agony of being a parent in such a situation. I don't know how one would even face each next minute of life after such a tragedy. Knowing, beyond anyone's ability to deny, that YOU were the responsible one.

Amen.

Some time ago, I knew a gal who was a cop. At home, her duty weapon sat out on a nightstand in her bedroom and was reachable by her 4 & 6 yr old kids, their friends and anyone else who might be in the house. She didn't see a problem with that. "Everyone knows I'm a cop so they're not surprised to see a gun and the kids know they aren't supposed to touch it", was her attitude. There was no convincing her otherwise.

 

[Thermactor]

The Soros-Bloomberg propaganda media complex has framed this accident in the most crass and disgusting way with headlines like "KY toddler shooting reignites rural gun control debate"


Puke.

 

[Tomcat47]

And I did not notice how the media stated this tragedy as well....

A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister to death

Did not catch that until I came back to this post. Although it says accidental the wording implies intention?

And they are obviously starting to stir up trouble for the makers of the Cricket.

Again misplacement of cause...

 

[RobNDenver]

What a shame. God bless the little girl and her family. Nevertheless, I am going to be a prick about this.

The irresponsibility that lead to this negligent discharge is criminal. The adults in this household need to be charged and convicted of a felony, so that they can never own guns legally again. I have just had it with "the father who left his gun in the backpack"; "the grandfather who didn't realize the gun in the closet was loaded", "the friend that was showing a gun to someone" when a negligent discharge kills an innocent.

We have laws against careless driving resulting in death that are universally enforced in my state. Carelessness in the security of firearms should result in a charge every single time it results in an injury or death. I am just so done with these stories.