Discussion for article #222086
I really just don’t get this belief among members of the gun tribe that guns are less dangerous than cars and thus appropriate for use by people they’d never hand the keys to.
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Two lives ruined in one fateful second.
Killing moles with a gun, now that is a new one. I have seen people use pitchforks, traps, poison “worms”, but never a gun. Amazing.
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Meanwhile, on the same day, in the same state, the NRA held its national convention, at which they opposed efforts that would reduce the level of gun violence that plagues our nation. If you think there is nothing that can be done to stop these “accidents” and other forms of gun violence, you are wrong. We can save lives. We just have to act. MomsDemandAction.org.
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And don’t forget about C-4.
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“his brother accidentally discharged the gun, Noble County Sheriff Doug Harp told the AP.”
The Police really aren’t helping at all. He clearly pointed the gun at his brother and pulled the trigger, unless it - you know, fell out of a bag and he was reaching for it. And his aim wasn’t too bad either apparently.
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Is there a way to get at a compilation of these stories. I’d like to discuss this with my boys at some point, but would like this to impress its seriousness.
But according to Santorum, that gun that killed him was making him safe from terrorists.
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I have a file plus a list counting the number of times they occur in which state. So far Pennsylvania’s leading. with Texas second.
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You know who oughta be shot? Adults who allow kids to be anywhere near a loaded gun.
Is it something you or TPM could make public?
Joe Nocera at the New York Times is keeping a log of them in a blog there, but it’s not just shootings of/by juveniles, but all of the shootings they can find reports of from various news sources around the country. Each day’s blog entry has a list of the gun incidents collected that day.
My neighbor 4 houses away has several fire arms. Should I be shot for living so close?