12 year old shot in foot

[concrete dog]

12-year-old accidentally shoots himself in the foot
Not even really sure what to say. Maybe unload the gun before loading and unloading it from car.
Little to no safety taught to this young one.

 

[bluewraith]

Not a lot of details to go on.. Was he taking it out to help his father(or mother..) or was he off on his own "exploring"?

 

[concrete dog]

Not a lot of details to go on.. Was he taking it out to help his father(or mother..) or was he off on his own "exploring"?

Enough detail to tell me someone needs some gun safety lessons.

 

[actaeon277]

Pretty small article.
Might have been a good place to state the 4 safety rules he had to violate.

 

[repeter1977]

Pretty small article.
Might have been a good place to state the 4 safety rules he had to violate.

Agree, since Indiana is usually a pretty good state, they could have put, here are the safety rules.
There was almost more information on the headline then the article. I know since he is a juvie, that they cannot publish a couple things, and since the police are investigating. But, yea, there were a lot of safety rules broken.

 

[Tsigos]

Yes, the boy may need some safety lessons. However, there are not a lot of details and I am inclined to blame the parents. Was the boy familiar with firearms or is he new to them? There are many responsible young men out there but, in general, it is a lot to expect a pre-teen to exercise as much judgment as an adult.

Whenever a loaded firearm is around a child I believe a responsible adult should be near them to supervise. It's accidents like this that result in calls for mandated trigger locks etc.

I think the lesson for the parents here is don't leave a loaded, uncased shotgun in your truck where a child has access to it. Also, don't ask your child to retrieve your loaded, uncased shotgun from your truck.

 

[lucky4034]

I love how people/media describe gun discharges like little kids.

"Hey mommy, the milk spilled. It fell over"

instead of​

"Hey mommy, I spilled the milk. I knocked it off the table."

 

[concrete dog]

Police: Teen accidentally shot himself » Breaking News » Goshen News, Goshen, IN
Here is the article in the paper.Someone has got it messed up somewhere.

 

[7.62asprin]

The article claims the boy was 17, not 12. Also I'm sure he'll learn trigger discipline and to safety check from here on. :P

 

[jon5212]

I'll bet thats the last time he does this... agreed on more supervision.

 

[El Guero]

news mention 17 not 12

 

[moosebag]

Here is the whole story!

Goshen teen who shot himself Tuesday arrested for using sawed-off gun in robbery » Breaking News » Goshen News, Goshen, IN

DUH!

 

[bluewraith]

Goshen teen who shot himself Tuesday arrested for using sawed-off gun in robbery » Breaking News » Goshen News, Goshen, IN

DUH!

Huh.. guess I don't feel so bad for him anymore.

 

[HARVEYtheDAMNED]

Goshen teen who shot himself Tuesday arrested for using sawed-off gun in robbery » Breaking News » Goshen News, Goshen, IN

DUH!

What an idiot!

I almost felt sorry for him when I read the original story, but man has karma really come around and bit this kid in the ass.

 

[bigmich]

First alway check chamber and never put barrel in front of anything u don't want to shoot

 

[3DPointCloud]

Gosh dang that Karma! sigh......

 

[fireman28]

I wonder if his mom is blaming the other boy for the robbery too. Gotta love that karma.