Dad Shoots Daughter Accidently While Teaching Gun Safety

[libodem]

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/55bfac35e4b0d4f33a0384a5?

[Xipe Totec]

1. Who's in a pickle now? nt

[libodem]

2. Thankfully she wasn't killed

It was ONLY her arm. I didn't read if it was a soft tissue or a bone injury. Gawd.

[Xipe Totec]

9. OMG! Posted to wrong thread! I have no idea how this happened

I meant to post on a thread that discussed this article:


Dad Posts Meddling Note Sent Home by Teacher over Packed Lunch

"Big brother..........At least get your facts straight before intruding. I was aware of her lunch contents. Four pieces of ham, low fat string cheese, pickles, 4 marshmallows, and a small piece of dark chocolate (she did have 2 extra pieces, one for her brother and another for a friend who we know well and her parents are ok with this). There were no crackers. Sure, I'd liked her to pack a few more veggies and maybe a piece of fruit, but we compromise on pickles occasionally. How would you respond to this note?"


http://abcnews.go.com/US/dad-posts-meddling-note-home-substitute-teacher-packed/story?id=28438324

How it went cross-ways, I cannot say. I can't even find the thread now.

I must look like a real jerk.



For the record, I do not think that a little girl being shot is a laughing matter and I retract anything that might be interpreted that way.

[libodem]

10. No problem

You are cool.

[flamin lib]

3. There will probably be no charges filed. It is very rare for incidents like this to

result in any legal disciplinary action against the adult.

Here in Texas if you DUI with a minor in the car you can be charged with both the DUI and child endangerment. But gunz is soooooo special.

[Jake Stern]

4. The almost never seems to be

charges laid against a parent whose child gets hold of a firearm and shoots themselves or others.

It was a "tragic accident".

Let that same child get his hands on Drano and ingest it and the parent gets walloped with a neglect or endangerment charge.

[nichomachus]

5. There's no such thing as "gun safety"

Once a gun enters the picture, there is danger. All you can do is try to limit the danger. But "gun safety" is a misnomer.

[libodem]

7. Knowing if it is loaded ought to be step one in safety

[Aristus]

6. "See, sweetie? This is how not to handle a gun safely!"

BLAMM

"Oh hey, honey! Put some pressure on that!..."

Another responsible gun owner shows the rest of us how it's done...

[libodem]

8. That child will be lucky not to have post tramatic stress

I hate it when the little kids find a gun and shoot one another. It would engender a lifetime of guilt.

All in all gun safety is important but for God's sake check the chamber. Yikes.