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Just another freedom fluke. There are approximately 80 gun deaths in the U.S. each and every day on average.
Where are the other 79? Happening at this very moment.
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wait, i bet this has nothing to do with guns, again…
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NRA to do fundraiser for the “poor misunderstood gun that was kept locked in a closet.”
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I think this is the first time I’ve seen a kinda, sorta, maybe legitimate defensive use of a gun (blind man shoots nephew breaking into his house) to balance a story about an idiot with a gun hurting him- or herself. Then again, I question whether a blind man using a gun for protection is actually legitimate.
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I’m happy the child may recover.
I wonder how the father acquired the gun since he is a felon?
Probably at a gun show where a background check isn’t required.
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So if the guy wasn’t a felon, he’d be off scot-free like every other negligent idiot who leaves a gun laying around for a child to find. There needs to at least be laws to punish the irresponsible gun owners, right? I mean, you’d think the good folks at the NRA, who are great public stewards of responsible gun ownership, could get behind a law to punish the bad apples amongst them? Right?
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Hope the NRA can find him because he is now eligible for their weekly Stand Your Ground award. Even though he ran away, they are making an exception
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[quote=“OccamsRazor2, post:6, topic:9107”]
I wonder how the father acquired the gun since he is a felon?
[/quote] Uh, he bought t??
So if the father wasn’t a felon and prohibited from owning firearms, would he have even been arrested
What [sane] person lets their 3yo play with a loaded gun?
Lastly - is the gun OK? Was it injured in the shooting ? Will it be returned to a different, equally-responsible family member?
Is this just another case of a dangerous closet? Parents:
Never let your kids play in a closet. Then they won’t ever have to “come out of the closet”.
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The details aren’t clear (when are they ever) but it appears the nephew deliberately broke into the house and the blind man deliberately shot him…
So the man shot the intruder (his nephew) deliberately but still without cause…
Does being blind give you a pass for shooting an unidentified (and presumably unwarned) intruder just because they broke in? I mean, if he’d killed his nephew would you still say it was legitimate (and when blind people are shooting guns the difference between injury and death is purely fluke…)
ou can’t even make grim jokes about these careless assholes anymore, they do so much damage
Leaders in the Ranking of States on TPM and Raw Story with the most Careless Firearm
incidents
Texas/Florida (tied) - 13
Pennsylvania - 10
South Carolina - 7
Indiana/New York/Georgia (tie) - 6
Ohio - 5
So, the only reason he was charged is because he had a felony weapons charge - not because he left the gun where the kid could get it??? Mind boggling.
I find it baffling that tenn always stays in the shadows with the news. But :
What DyShieka Whitlow is seeing is reflected in a disturbing trend over the past two years in Tennessee: People were more likely to be victims of a violent gun crime here than in any other state in the nation, according to a Tennessean analysis of FBI statistics.
Only Washington, D.C., had a higher rate of gun violence.
Tennessee came out worst in the nation in the rate at which its residents are victims of aggravated assaults with a firearm and fifth-worst in robberies.
Every morning on the local news, gun violence and auto accidents deaths. EVERY MORNING
Dear leadheads,
Deterrence isn’t the only reason that criminal laws exist; retribution is another, so don’t start howling about how the laws this guy is charged with were useless in deterring this crime.
I doubt it. James Jenkins is African American.
Hey, this is Chicago we’re talking about.
Gay gun? Was it all bedazzled or something?
I agree, hence the “kinda, sorta, maybe legitimate defensive use.” The uncle had no way of knowing whether the intruder was his nephew or meant him any physical harm. On the other hand, at least it involved an actual intruder breaking in. Usually it’s the daughter or wife or friend or just disoriented drunk guy stumbling into the wrong house.
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