Discussion for article #242161
Wait, I got it…
“Good guy with a gun…”
“Obama’s coming to take your guns…”
“Second amendment…”
“Right to self defense…”
“Tyranny…”
Did I miss anything?
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He would have been better off making his own clock.
So long as he didn’t take it to school.
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At least it wasn’t a homemade clock and we have no proof the kid wasn’t white.
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When rebar is outlawed, only outlaws will have rebar.
BTW: How the hell did the 13-year-old use a welding torch to join those pieces together? Is that some sort of obscure Boy Scout merit badge?
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Some sort of NRA merit badge, I would imagine.
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I’ll bet this (white) kid doesn’t face any charges. Just a silly prank, unlike that incredibly dangerous kid with the clock!!!
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The first thing that crossed my mind was that homemade clock too. I’ll take a kid and a clock over this sadly misguided child any day. Something tells me though, gun companies are already considering this kid as an apprentice in their R & D department…if he survives his wounds that is. Sad.
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But it’s that clock that was dangerous…
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Some parents have skills that their kids are interested in and the parents pass them along to the kids at young ages. I think it’s particularly common with people that are self employed or run a business. I have a friend that grew up in his father’s hardware store that when he was older loved to go into a store where they sold nails by the pound, pick up a handful, pull a few out or grab a couple more, then throw it on the scale and it would be right at a pound. Came from years of playing in the store.
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I’d have fewer objections to personal ownership of firearms if gun-owner stupidity regularly resulted in injuries or death to the owners, rather than to friends, relatives and innocent bystanders.
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I’ve heard that Barack HUSSEIN Obama is coming for our rebar next!
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The name mentioned in the TV report sounds more middle eastern or asian.
Looking at that picture I’m guessing he didn’t have something to keep the shell in place and it came out the back and hit him.
Just think, when he grows up, he’ll be able to injure and kill (how cool would that be) a lot more people with a real gun just playin’ around!
Kids today have the damndest time doing stupid stuff without getting hurt. In my day we’d have shot that gun while doing a barrel roll in a Pontiac Trans-Am off a ramp through a fire hoop. While rolling a joint. Drunk. Amateurs!
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Thanks for the laugh. TPM usually has the funniest comments of all online news services which allow comments. That is one of my reasons to read TPM: the comments from readers with senses of humor in spite of the frequent tragedies reported, in this case, a “funny” tragedy (?), like lots of them concerning guns.
13? The kid’s a little precocious for that sort of thing, but you have to admire his ambition. Remember, a 13 year old is in 7th or 8th grade, and middle schoolers have never been known for their ability to weigh the consequences of either their actions or their mouths (I used to teach middle school-I like 'em). Now that he has a life lesson in consequences, and by some miracle avoided becoming a Darwin Award winner, perhaps he can be guided into more suitable uses for his talents. 
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Somebody needs to send that kid an ACME catalogue.