Police say a child was accidentally shot by his older cousin at a home in south St. Louis Friday night.Obviously this has nothing to do with the celebrating gun owners enjoying the NRA Convention across town, or does it? In a certain sense, they are to blame, at least partly. They are responsible for the lax and non-existent gun laws which allow easy access to guns by unfit and dangerous people.
Police were called to the residence in the 4000 block of Pennsylvania around 6:30 pm. The victim's 18-year-old male cousin was taken into custody for questioning, but police say the incident is being handled as an accidental shooting.
They need to take responsibility for that.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Only in the sense that those who support freedom are responsible for the free acts of citizens.
ReplyDeleteHere's a better link. The 12-year old and 18-year old found a gun under a dumpster in the alley behind the 18-year old's home. They took it home, and the 18-year old accidentally discharged it, hitting his 12-year old cousin. http://kidshootings.blogspot.com/2012/04/12-year-old-st-louis-boy-shot-with-gun.html
ReplyDeletePolice don't know where the gun came from or who left it at the dumpster. Of course, without gun registration, there's no way to track its history. Just another price to pay, apparently, for the gun guyz's "freedoms".
Of course, without registration, there's no way for the government to confiscate firearms from good citizens.
DeleteBy the way, is Democommie writing for Kid Shootings now?
Kids don't know about gun safety or the rules of safe gun handling and you want to blame the NRA? The same NRA who created a program to teach kids exactly those skills but who isn't allowed to teach it in public schools. That NRA? Look in the mirror when you start handing out the blame. Anti-self defense groups like CSGV and the Brady campaign are to blame, not the NRA.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all the idea of teaching kids gun safety and thinking that's a substitute for parental supervision is wrong. It doesn't work. Kids finding guns and getting hurt happens regardless of whether or not they've been taught gun safety.
DeleteIt happens because the lax gun laws make guns available to unfit and dangerous people, some of whom leave their guns around for kids to find.
All this I blame on you (plural).
"Of course, without registration, there's no way for the government to confiscate firearms from good citizens."
ReplyDeleteFor the umpteenth time, Greg Camp demonstrates that he's completely disnconnected from reality where teh gunz are concerned. Find ONE proposed piece of legislation that oultlaws firearms ownership in the U.S. Your fever dreams are not true, get some help in dealing with the real world.
"By the way, is Democommie writing for Kid Shootings now?"
This is the first time that I remember seeing one of his comments (I don't look at everything, every day). In the first place I'd have to know what he's doing; it seems like he's doing the opposite of you and your gunzloonzpalz who persist in leaving comments that are fact free and assertion rich. Secondly, he would have to ask me to do. Finally, I'd have to find the time, unlike you, Greg Camp, I don't have the luxury of drawing a nice paycheck from a system I despise.
Democommie, where do you get the idea that I oppose the college where I teach? If you'd stop filtering me through your perverted interpretation of the world, you'd understand me better. I asked the question because the Kid Shootings commentor misused a "z" the way that you do. Of course, you can't be bothered to know that the site in question was started by Jason Kilgore, the person who also misuses the names of a couple of Norse gods. He's been here before.
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ReplyDeleteWelcome to the blog, I apologize if this is not your first time here and I missed earlier comments.
I will run over to your place sometime soon and see whatcha got.