Random Insanity Alliance Forum, Mark V
Cactuar Zone => Random lnsanity => Topic started by: Jenne on September 19, 2013, 07:03:47 pm
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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/18/6-year-old-shoots-4-year-old-sister-father-tells-him-to-lie/ (http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/18/6-year-old-shoots-4-year-old-sister-father-tells-him-to-lie/)
Maphis’ son told the Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies that he dropped the shotgun and it went off. Maphis explained that his firearms are usually unloaded and locked up but he forgot to put it away after shooting at birds the previous day. Instead, his shotgun was loaded and sitting on top of a dog kennel. The boy later admitted to police that he did not drop the gun at all, that’s what his father told him to say. He explained to officers that his sister asked him to point the gun at her and he did but got to close to her head. He actually meant to just shoot over her shoulder.
Responsible gun owners would never, ever forget to lock up their firearms with children in the house. Conservatives will say that it is an isolated incident but it most certainly is not, here’s a short list of incidents this year:
January: A two-year old South Carolina boy was shot in the head by his older brother by accident.
February: Tennessee man accidentally shot in the chest by his brother.
March: A Michigan police officer’s 4-year-old son shot and killed himself at home.
April: A 4-year-old kills a women with a deputy’s loaded gun at a barbecue.
May: A 15-year-old Oklahoma girl dies after accidental gun discharge.
June: A 13-year-old Nevada girl is killed after another girl accidentally fires a weapon.
July: A 16-year-old Texas boy died after a gun he was handling discharged.
August: Wife accidentally shoots and kills her husband in their Arizona home.
September: NYPD officer accidentally shoots two women in Times Square.
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Irresponsible gun owners suck. Ruin it for the rest of us who actually care.
I won't claim it's isolated, there are too many redneck hillbillies.
Curious you included police actions in your list tho.
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Not my list. Just copied from article.
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A career in law enforcement and lack of firearm responsibility are not mutually exclusive.
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how would they go about reporting on how many times responsible gun ownership prevents this from happening, in order to accurately quantify how often it happens relative to how often it doesn't?
if there are millions of gun owners and this sort of things happens a few times a month, that would make it what, potentially less than 1% of 1% of the time? that doesn't qualify as isolated?
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how would they go about reporting on how many times responsible gun ownership prevents this from happening, in order to accurately quantify how often it happens relative to how often it doesn't?
if there are millions of gun owners and this sort of things happens a few times a month, that would make it what, potentially less than 1% of 1% of the time? that doesn't qualify as isolated?
What percentage would you call acceptable?
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ive been reading stuff on addictinginfo and i have come to the conclusion that they are literally shills for the obamalama administration.
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because theres not a thing obama has done that they dont agree with. they're right with obamabama on starting a war with syria, while any actual self-respecting liberal would be against the war. praising mccain for his "courageous decision to stand by the president." l-o-fucking-l.
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how would they go about reporting on how many times responsible gun ownership prevents this from happening, in order to accurately quantify how often it happens relative to how often it doesn't?
if there are millions of gun owners and this sort of things happens a few times a month, that would make it what, potentially less than 1% of 1% of the time? that doesn't qualify as isolated?
What percentage would you call acceptable?
the smallest that can be accomplished without increasing the risks of harm at the hands of 1. armed criminals and 2. armed police and military
or do we just assume that only civilians are irresponsible? how many innocent civilians die via drone strikes and swat raids? would you call those isolated incidents?