Originally posted by sonhouseso very sad...
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/us/kentucky-accidential-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
This is nuts. Giving a 5 year old a 22 rifle? Insane. Of course the NRA would say nothing wrong here, just a kid that didn't get educated.
who will learn what from these tragedies?
It's the attitude of the police that blows my mind: -
"Starks' autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, but the shooting has been ruled accidental, according to Kentucky State Police Public Affairs officer Billy Gregory.
"The mother was home at the time of the incident but she had stepped outside," Gregory said. "It's just one of those nightmares -- a quick thing that happens when you turn your back."
It's gross negligence and manslaughter in my mind. 'A quick thing that happens when you turn your back'??????????????
Words escape me.
Originally posted by sonhouseI am starting to wonder if we really need to interfere with these parents removing their offspring from the gene pool.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/us/kentucky-accidential-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
This is nuts. Giving a 5 year old a 22 rifle? Insane. Of course the NRA would say nothing wrong here, just a kid that didn't get educated.
Originally posted by SwissGambitBy removing warning labels from all products we would eventually increase the average intelligence of the human race or hasten our journey to extinction. 🙂
I am starting to wonder if we really need to interfere with these parents removing their offspring from the gene pool.
(I freely admit that I borrowed and rephrased this a little.)
Originally posted by sonhouseI would not call leaving a rifle with two toddlers an accident.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/us/kentucky-accidential-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
This is nuts. Giving a 5 year old a 22 rifle? Insane. Of course the NRA would say nothing wrong here, just a kid that didn't get educated.
Absolutely disgraceful.
What I find weird about the whole gun control debate is this: isn't the US a civilised country with civilised people? Australians don't feel the need to own guns for protection; Brits don't feel the need to own guns for protection; even Israelis in a war zone don't feel the need to own guns for protection; so why do Americans? What's wrong with America that its people feel so insecure? It can't be the terrorist thing, guns are no protection against suicide bombers ...
{I recognise that not every American wants guns in their homes, but I don't know the percentages, and it's the gun lobby that gets all the international publicity.}
Originally posted by KewpieI blame the conservative Republicans who are hell-bent on convincing the American people that the government is their biggest enemy and that corporations are their real friends who only have their best interests in mind. In a country that learned this bizarre concept at Grandpa Reagan's knee, they're still sucking down this poisoned pablum like it was their mother's own milk.
What I find weird about the whole gun control debate is this: isn't the US a civilised country with civilised people? Australians don't feel the need to own guns for protection; Brits don't feel the need to own guns for protection; even Israelis in a war zone don't feel the need to own guns for protection; so why do Americans? What's wrong with America th ...[text shortened]... know the percentages, and it's the gun lobby that gets all the international publicity.}
Considering that places like Kentucky aren't exactly bastions of intelligence, the combination often results in what we've seen today. 🙁
Originally posted by KewpieHeh, I have a dad who is a gun nut. It's not just about security. He loves the things. Handling them, shooting them, showing them to people, constructing them, shopping for them, etc. etc.
What I find weird about the whole gun control debate is this: isn't the US a civilised country with civilised people? Australians don't feel the need to own guns for protection; Brits don't feel the need to own guns for protection; even Israelis in a war zone don't feel the need to own guns for protection; so why do Americans? What's wrong with America th ...[text shortened]... know the percentages, and it's the gun lobby that gets all the international publicity.}
Originally posted by Suziannenarrow minded biggot much are you?
I blame the conservative Republicans who are hell-bent on convincing the American people that the government is their biggest enemy and that corporations are their real friends who only have their best interests in mind. In a country that learned this bizarre concept at Grandpa Reagan's knee, they're still sucking down this poisoned pablum like it was thei ...[text shortened]... actly bastions of intelligence, the combination often results in what we've seen today. 🙁