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SecularMotion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:47 AM Original message |
Boy, 8, shot to death in Mass. gun show accident |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thats horrible - poor kid and family |
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sickinohio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. Why would anyone allow an 8-year-old |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Excellent question. |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The pro-gun crowd wants to infect everybody with the gun sickness. |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. "Gun sickness?" |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. What's sick is using the tragic death of a little boy |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. And the vultures swoop in (nt) |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Their church is the NRA gun show lobbys, where they train another generation of youths to kill... |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Just wow... |
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dairydog91 (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Which part of the crowd are we talking about here? |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. It wasn't the child's, or the parent's. The owner let the parent and child fire it |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. I wouldn't. |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. How many 8 year olds have been killed in car accidents? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. "you must be THIS tall to ..." |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. Prayers for the family. :( |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Prayers for the family as well. And hope for getting facts straight: |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. What in the hell |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. An eight year old... |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Only a dimwit would allow this. Hopefully the parent is in jail. nt |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Another example of how stupidity kills. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Darwin award |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Nope. His pops, "Bubba-gum" was to busy teaching junior to use a machine gun... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. They don't give Darwin Awards to 8-year-olds |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Where was the responsible parent? I don't care what anybody says. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. Lots of stupidity to go around. Makes as much sense as letting an 8 yr old ride a motorcycle or ATV |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. fascinating |
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milou (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Guess we need to ban planes too... |
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the_real_38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Great point. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. That is actually the FIRST FATALITY, I have ever heard of at a gun range |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. nice gratuitous sexploitation pic there |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. I've heard of two shooting deaths at shooting ranges in the San Diego area |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. Local range last year - instructor killed by modern gatling gun |
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Stryguy (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh Crap!!!! |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. The child wasn't playing with it. He was firing it under supervision at a range... |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 03:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
54. OK, you sound like you know this Uzi well so here is the question.. |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 07:36 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I'll wait for a Grand Jury to decide... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. in what bizarro universe |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Gotta agree with you there. |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. That wasnt a Redryder BB gun this parent handed to his now dead child! |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Correction: the event was a "Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo"... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. so |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. And yet |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. don't you think that's pretty fucking rude? |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. rude |
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logjon (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 04:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Speaking of the family |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
60. If it's being used as an emotional argument |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. A machine gun shoot? Oh well that makes it all better now, right? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Deleted message |
cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. What lie? A "gun fair"? BTW thats what the AP story called it. The boy is dead, and he shouldn't be.... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. "Not one bit seen here!" I read several posts expressing concern over a tragic accident. I also read |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 07:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Nonsense! The child could have shot others as well with a machine gun.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Deleted sub-thread |
iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. jody sees things that are not there |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #38 |
51. There are shows and there are shows, right? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. SteveM, there you go again bringing facts to an hysterical, emotional, shouting contest. n/t |
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dairydog91 (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. With every action, there is an opposite overreaction... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. "anyone younger than age 21"! Lots of kids in Iraq/Afghanistan will be happy. n/t |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. Pelham's police chief, who ran Westfield gun show where boy was killed, keeping low profile |
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biermeister (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
58. update |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Thanks for the update. |
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