The worst part of this story is the fact that the parents just sat idly by while this all went down. They didn’t even get their lazy, fat asses off the couch after the gunshot. I’m sure they didn’t want to miss one single gripping moment of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
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I’ve been thinking about that. I think safety regulations with regard to locking and keeping guns away from minors could change. I remember growing up in a car with no seat belts. We just piled in. Car manufacturers were forced to put seat belts in cars, but people didn’t always use them until laws were passed making it mandatory. When my kids were little, we had the flimsiest baby car seats. I used to bring mine with when traveling in someone else’s car and they looked at me like I was crazy. Nowadays, infant and child car seats are almost universally used, and parents expect them to be high quality and meet strict safety guidelines. Attitudes have really changed. It is easier to do that with car seats than guns, because, for one thing, enforcement is easier. You can see violators through the car window. It would be more difficult to see if a gun is properly looked up in a home. But I think attitudes could change on this aspect of gun control.
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The people who supplied the gun and taught him how to use it should be put away also.
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That family needs to spend more on birth control and less on guns.
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The boy had been trained in firearm safety and had hunted with his father and grandfather, the judge noted.
Good thing, otherwise he might not have been able to properly check if it was loaded before he shot her. Congratulations, NRA - gun training works.
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No, no – it was an “accident.” Just like having a loaded shotgun in the house was an “accident.” National Rifle Association poster family, right there. http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/25/us/tennessee-girl-killed-over-puppy/
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“Both of Benny’s parents were in the mobile home at the time of the shooting. Neither parent came out of the residence during the incident until the arrival of Jefferson County sheriff’s officers, the park manager said.” Check that – a shotgun blast, IN A TRAILER, and NEITHER fcking parent even gets up off their lazy white trash butts to see why a shotgun has just been discharged. Ameri-fcking-ca. http://www.knoxnews.com/news/crime-courts/judge-finds-white-pine-boy-11-guilty-in-slaying-of-8-year-old-girl-2af3822b-4178-485b-e053-0100007f2-367665841.html
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Absolutely horrifying. You do have to think that if he would do that to another child that he would have been cruel to the dogs as well.
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Good. Little sonofabitch. Maybe he’ll be on the next season of Lockup: Pre-Teen Killers.
His response is: “Obama is the most divisive president that he’s responsible for this.”
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His parents are guilty of murder, much more so than the 11-year-old who isn’t old enough to comprehend his actions and the consequences of them.
And until we start holding those adults in these tragedies accountable, we’ll continue to have this crap happen.
Maybe a couple of life sentences for the adults involved would serve as a deterrent to others who want to own guns but can’t be responsible with them.
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Wow, unthinkably sad and depressing.
All that hunting and gun safety stuff just made it more likely he’d kill someone instead of wounding them when he shot them.
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I wonder if his parents will rethink their position on guns (probably not after reading the Knoxville news)
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That immediately crossed my mind and maybe that was his intent in the first place and maybe they knew he might hurt them. And why are people letting their pets procreate. Spay and neuter please
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Thanks for the link. I should have guessed, they are trailer park trash and they are possibly involved in a puppy mill. I hate these ignoramuses.
“The boy had been trained in firearm safety and had hunted with his father and grandfather, the judge noted.”
So much for “safety training” leading to actual safety.
What a tragedy.
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The description of the murder makes me want to scream. Not even scream words, just scream. I see nothing in the story about the boy’s parents. In fact, having read about this case before, I don’t recollect anything about his parents. What did they have to say about what they raised? Honestly, I would demand that they explain themselves just for the sake of posterity.
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So depressing. Horrifying.
Forget it, Jake. It’s Tennessee.
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The Associated Press does not generally identify juveniles accused of crimes.
Fortunately, by not giving the juvenile’s name, no one will be able to identify him.
The boy and 8-year-old McKayla Dyer lived in the same mobile home park
in White Pine, Tennessee, about 40 miles outside of Knoxville.
Never mind.
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The boy had been trained in firearm safety and had hunted with his father and grandfather, the judge noted.
I guess my interpretation of “firearm safety” must be different than other peoples’.
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