Discussion: Florida Father Fatally Shoots 14-Year-Old Son At Gun Range

The irony here is that the father had taken his son to the gun range to ā€œlearn to shoot so he could protect himself.ā€ So much for that.

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This is what he father actually said after the incident:
"That’s what I’ve spent the last two days doing, accounting for my operating error.ā€
ā€œThe gun didn’t kill my boy - I didā€

Holy J. H. Christ Dancing the Lambada On a Wheat Thin! What a fucking asshole! If I had killed my son, I would be so overwhelmed I wouldn’t be able to speak to anyone, and this motherfucker is talking about his ā€œoperating errorā€. He loves his damned guns more than he loves his own dead child.
You killed your child, asshole! And since you just admitted it to he world, I hope they bury you.

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The father says he shouldn’t have to give up his guns. I’ve got news for you, fuckhead: like the Bundy Bros, you aren’t getting any access to firearms in the federal prison you are going to, since you already admitted to reckless homicide.

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Armored plates concealed by wood, intended to prevent ricochets like the one that killed Brumby, divide the nine indoor lanes.

Uhhhhhhh, Brumby was not ā€œkilled by a ricochet.ā€ He was shot dead on.

A non-harmful [edit: painful, but non-lethal] casing had ricocheted into his father’s shirt. His father reached back to brush it out with the hand that had a gun in it and shot him [edit: (…newly released details…) fired it and the bullet ricocheted off the ceiling].

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ā€œThe gun didn’t kill my boy - I didā€

That’s gonna look great carved into granite headstone.

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No charges have been filed. This is FL and I expect absolutely nothing more will come out of it. I doubt Feds will get involved.

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he still intends to keep them at home to defend his family.

That worked out so well.

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Just doing his part to make sure the stat that its more dangerous to live in a family with guns than without stays true.

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in FL it’s judged as a ā€˜stand your ground’ issue…

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There is only one possible conclusion we can draw from this terrible tragedy:

ā€œWe need more gunsā€.

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In 100 years people will wax nostalgic about the good old days. Days when a father and son could get out their guns; fondle them, clean them, shoot them. And during the course of bonding, in their quality time together, maim, wound, cripple or kill other family members, pets, neighbors or each other. Wally and Beaver never got to experience that.

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If Trump is asked about this I’m sure he’ll have something pithy in reply.

Just watch. This asshole will skate, if, in fact, if he is even charged with this crime. These days, the gun maniacs walk, even after killing family / friends with accidental shootings. Law enforcement gives a pass to armed, inept citizens no matter who they shoot. I mean, he’s basically a good doode, right, and didn’t mean to shoot dead his son anyhow. He needs to go to prison - you know, deter others? I doubt it. Have Gun, Will Shoot - something, anything, whatever, gets my rocks off no matter who or what. He may not even have a conscience and this will disappear from his putrid mind’s radar screen by tomorrow. I mean, you can always have more children, right? Let’s keep this in perspective.

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NRA Shooter of the Week. Used to be NRA Shooter of the Month. The way things are going, we’re going to need NRA Shooter of the Day awards.

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NRA’s National Shooter-of-the-minute Award is coming soon to your neighborhood. Stay tuned.

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He’s not going to be charged with anything. That’s a given.

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Make up a little story about how it was an accident and you can murder anyone.

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Sounds like you haven’t been hit with hot brass. It’s roughly akin to touching a hot stove-- he wouldn’t have been casually fishing it out of his pocket, but instinctively trying to rip this thing out that was burning him.

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No, no…you forget, once an NRA member does something unhinged, or illegal, or unwise, then all of a sudden ā€œHe Wasn’t One Of Usā€.

An NRA member automagically reverts to a member of the mundane public when he or she does something un-NRAlike with a firearm.

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