Monday, June 11, 2012

Accidental Shooting of Alabama 11-Year-old - He Died 3 Weeks Later - No Charges



Local news reports

An 11-year-old boy, Devin Grady, died Sunday morning at Huntsville Hospital's pediatric unit where he had been since being shot on May 23rd.

Morgan County Sheriff Ana Franklin says he was accidentally shot by an 11-year-old friend with a .410 gauge shotgun.

Franklin says Devin and his friend were playing behind the friend's home on Union Hill Road and had the shotgun with them in case they saw a snake.

Devin was a 5th-grader at Union Hill School.
Where were the parents? Who owned the gun? Why were 11-year-olds allowed to have unsupervised access to a shotgun?

Is this part of the Neanderthal-Alabama thinking about learnin' the young 'uns 'bout guns?

Even the most ignorant and uneducated gun owners give their kids some kind of training about gun safety.  How much proof do we need that it doesn't work?  Nothing can replace adult supervision, and the lack of it should be criminal.

What's your opinion?  Please leave a comment-

8 comments:

  1. As opposed to libertine Italy, where people spend borrowed money and can't figure out who they want in government for any length of time?

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    1. Greg, that's an off topic personal attack. No more of that, please.

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    2. And what about your off-topic attack on the region of the country in which I live? You repeatedly make attacks on the South and on Southerners. I was pointing out the nature of your remarks. If you make the arbitrary decision that you get to make attacks like that, but we don't, it's your blog, but you should be aware of what you're doing. You and Dog Gone have a distorted view of Southerners. You're clinging to a past that is no longer the case. My comment was directed at the current situation in Italy, not at you, but it points out how unnecessarily offensive your own remarks can be.

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  2. Darwin is winning, and the morons are losing.

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  3. There are documented instances where 11 year old children have used firearms to defend themselves and relatives in their homes. Thus it could very well make sense that 11 year old children have access to firearms.

    As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. Parents have to know their children and weigh the risks and benefits of firearm availability. If the parent decides to keep a firearm available for their children, then they must go to great lengths to instill proper safety and behavior in their children.

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    1. Sure, and what do you think the ratio is of 11-year-olds using guns unsupervised. Do the valid DGUs offset the "accidents?"

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  4. We could argue the same thing about nutrition. Should we prosecute parents if their child suffers injuries or death because of poor eating habits?

    What about accidental drownings?

    Children are stuck with their parents. Sometimes that doesn't work out well for the children. It sucks. And sometimes children of outstanding parents suffer injuries or die tragically.

    What is the threshold for criminal prosecution?

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    1. We're talking about guns. Guns and kids don't mix. The parents should be held responsible with felony convictions and loss of gun rights.

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