Showing posts with label Children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Children. Show all posts

Friday, May 17, 2013

Friday Shakedown

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This week has seen a lot of scandal and general craziness but the problem of guns has not gone away.  People need to not forget that this is still very important and this is why.

In Florida, a 4-year old and a 2-year-old were playing with a gun they found.  11-year-old Jarvan Jackson tried to take it away from them and in the brief struggle with the 4-year-old, Jarvan was fatally shot in the neck.  The 4-year-old also received an injury during the struggle but it was not life threatening.



Police have ruled the shooting as an accident but are investigating how the 4-year-old had access to the weapon.

Babies with guns, Rep. Stockman...

In Tullahoma, Tennessee, Kevin Sayre, 26, was "field stripping" two handguns attempting to show how the parts were interchangeable between the two.  He failed to unload the weapons first, however, and shot his 1-year-old daughter in the chest.

Police have said that Sayre acted recklessly and have charged him with aggravated assault.  The child was last listed in critical condition.

Some people just don't seem to get it and unfortunately, too many of them are in Congress.  Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) believes that abortion is to blame for school shootings in recent years, as if that makes any sense at all.
Forty years ago, the United States Supreme Court sanctioned abortion on demand. And we wonder why our culture sees school shootings so often.
 Yes, that's the reason.  Let's ignore how conservatives make it easier to buy a gun than to get a job.  A lot of jobs require a background check of some sort but you don't need that to buy a gun because FREEDOM!  Idiocy at it's finest.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

5-Year-Old Kills 2-Year-Old With His Own Gun

Meanwhile, in Kentucky:
(Reuters) - A 2-year-old girl was accidentally shot and killed by her 5-year-old brother with a rifle he received as a birthday gift, Kentucky authorities said on Wednesday. 
The shooting occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Burkesville, Kentucky, a community in the south-central part of the state, when the boy was playing with the .22-caliber rifle and accidentally shot his sister in the chest, state police said.
Can anyone explain to me why a 5-year-old was given a rifle for his birthday?  Freedom is not an acceptable answer.  5-year-olds do not have any freedom and certainly have no conflicts a .22-rifle would help solve.

There are several manufacturers that make guns specifically for children.  This is one of them.

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