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11 year old boy shoots dead 8 year old girl...
Nicola32
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This incident beggars belief!
Why was an 11 year old able to get hold of such a lethal weapon??:o:(
The parents should also face some charges, totally irresponsible parenting!!>:(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34450841
Why was an 11 year old able to get hold of such a lethal weapon??:o:(
The parents should also face some charges, totally irresponsible parenting!!>:(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34450841
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According to the article, the Gun Violence Archive, which is a non-profit charity, have said that 559 children have been killed or injured by guns this year alone.
But hey, the NRA (and Fox News) think more guns should be available ..
It was a shotgun, a widely available class of firearm in the UK. Could have happened anywhere.
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even the best laid protection of a safe or two wouldn't help if the kid knew where the keys or the unlock codes were kept as kids aint daft they do watch and listen
i do remember when my uncle came to visit from working at a farm at my grandparents house there was a fruit bowl in the pantry full and i mean full of shotgun rounds as he'd go out shooting and then bring back pheasants/ rabbits etc and just empty his pockets into the bowl. quite often the gun would just be left in the corner of the room but it was a different era and different views on safety in the 1970's but i never once thought to pick it up and go settle a score with one of the other local kids
As far as I recall there hasn't been an incident where a child has shotgunned another child in the UK. This kind of stuff happens primarily in the United States where everyone is a coward who thinks guns are a legitimate form of defence and are happy to shoot before thinking.
It beggars belief as to what it will take for the US to actually talk seriously about gun control.
Yet it doesn't seem to. At least with not the same frequency. Funny that.
I'm gonna start an Orginization in America called the 'national bomb assosiation'.
I'm gonna go on American tv and argue that the only way to stop terrorism is if more average citizens wore bomb vests.....
You'd probably get elected in some backwater states.
:D:D Beat me to it!
My father and brother own a number of shotguns and rifles - they are both target shooters, and they are always kept in the gun safe. Not once have any of them been left lying around. The gun safe was a legal requirement. Even before they got their firearm licences the police came round to check all the windows and doors had approved locks on them. They've kept firearms of one sort or another for around 20 years and to this day I still have no idea where the keys are for the safe. I don't know because I don't need to know.
Maybe this could have happened in the UK, but the chances are slim compared to the U.S. It's actually such a common occurrence that if the victim and shooter had been adults, we wouldn't even have heard about it. Even in the U.S it wouldn't have been reported outside the local rag.
I guess this is the price they pay for their freedom.
You could argue that you need bombs to protect your family home from those people who are coming to murder you. Actually, you could just basically take any argument from the NRA or any other organization regarding guns and replace the word "gun" with "bomb" and it would still have exactly the same meaning.
Poor little girl and her family.
I do remember one in Somerset when I was growing up; on one of the nearby farms. Mind you, that would probably be about 35 years ago now, and they were young teens iirc, so I don't think it really invalidates your point much, if at all.
Rows over puppies do
Yep; my thoughts exactly.
There must be laws regarding the safekeeping of such a weapon. If you insist on having a gun then the law should insist that the gun is safely secured from children and others, and hopefully revoke license to own a gun in the future.
Needless, senseless tragedy.
The point is that a locked up gun isn't convenient when it's locked away.
It has to be that guns need to be taken away, or everybody will have to have one. One or the other.
Which would you prefer?
Oh and while it may not be convenient, having an accessible gun surely is total f**wittery? Especially with children around. I truly believe the parents should be charged with neglect or whatever would be appropriate. (I know very little of the law in the States)
I'd prefer the guns taken away.
I agree but do you really see that happening any time soon? I don't and so feel there should be more safety surrounding the storage of them at the very least.