Saturday, November 17, 2012

Alaska Man Dead Because he Left the Kids Access to a Gun

The Anchorage Daily News reports
A man shot dead at a remote cabin south of Skwentna in October was hit by a bullet fired inadvertently by his child, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Charles Lamb, 61, died in the Oct. 15 shooting and it remained unclear for about a month who fired the gun and whether the gunfire had been accidental or the result of foul play. On Friday, troopers spokeswoman Beth Ipsen said one of Lamb's children accidentally shot Lamb with a .38-caliber handgun while Lamb split and stacked firewood.

 "One of the children was handling a small handgun without Mr. Lamb's knowledge when it unintentionally discharged, striking Mr. Lamb in the torso, causing a fatal wound. Mr. Lamb was nearby and out of view of the young child at the time of the shooting."

[troopers spokeswoman Beth] Ipsen declined to release the child's age because it would identify the child, who is not charged with any crime.
Nice of them to not charge the kid with a crime. I wonder if they realize the only one guilty of a crime is dead. In Alaska they love to shift the blame when it comes to gun mismanagement.

What's your opinion?  Please leave a comment.

11 comments:

  1. 61 yo. Two young children. Shot in chest with "small handgun" (.38).

    Case is still "Open" according to AK State Police.

    Maybe one of his sons had just watched a marathon of "Friday The 13th", "Nightmare On Elm Street" and "The Shining" and felt threatened. Hey, DGU!

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  2. Normally, I am strongly against guns, but I do think you haven't explained this particular situation well enough. The hand gun was in a shed. This family lives in the Alaska Bush where there are no roads, and access in and out is by helicopter or bush plane when the lake freezes over. Bears and other wildlife came onto their grounds frequently. The gun was loaded because it could be needed to safely traverse the difference between shed and cabin. He was a very responsible outdoorsman with a wife and two disabled children. It certainly is a tragedy!

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    1. Thanks for your opinion, Kathleen, but whenever a kid gets ahold of a gun, there is gross negligence involved. It doesn't matter if the bears are nearby or the lake is frozen.

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    2. SOOOOOooo - It's moral high ground that it's ok for the kid to be taken and eaten by a bear than to have access to a gun? That's like saying its better to be raped than carry concealed. God the stupidity of city people is appalling!

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    3. Generally speaking a gun is more likely to be misused in some way than to be used to save the day. This was a sad and extreme example.

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    4. So interesting when this mother very recently has stayed on our property and allows the younger son (8) carrying a holter and a pop play toy gun. This was a tragedy but something doesn't SMELL right!! In such an event you would figure this mother would not allow the other child to even have a "toy gun" in his posession yet alone around them at all. Wasn't this death just recent. DO the pyschology. WOW!

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    5. And it was more than just one shot! Right smack into the chest. Hmmm. It is 2013 and the child still has this toy gun. Unbelievable. Also these kids had a back ground of gun schooling. And the therapyst didn't find as much of the disabilities as the mother indicates. Troopers do your thing! High investigation needs to be in order!

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    6. Im sorry it was the kid or the mother that shot husband???

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    7. People of the gun are like that.

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  3. Your comment of 31 Dec shows your utter lack of knowledge in firearms statistics.

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    1. I have some real concern regarding this shooting.
      I know that Mrs. Lamb was considered an expert pistol shooter by her husband Chuck. I know that her sat phone was malfunctioning within the first 30 minutes of Chuck being shoot. I also know that Chuck was face down and approximately half way from the wood shed to his house,which is located up an incline from the wood shed, when he face planted into the snow. Mrs. Lamb being an RN failed to immediately roll him to his side and clear his breathing passageway. Also failed to apply pressure to the wound or assist to cover wound to assist blood loss. Not until later was she able to get her phone to work supposedly and then was taking orders from medics to stuff cotton into Chucks fatal wound.
      Furthermore the couple had three adopted boys. Only one boy remained after the the shooting accident. None of the boys were considered handicapped or disabled. Supposedly the boy that fired the pistol in the "accident" is the only remaining boy with the mother. Two of the boys were conversing sometime later facetiously mentioning that accidently firing their BB guns through a tarp might hit somebody on the other side. This was overheard by several adults or more.
      I do not believe the whole truth has been found in this case.

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