I must say that although we can clearly blame the parents I still feel the utmost sadness for this the other kid that will have to live with this for the rest of his life...
no shooting is accidental...
it's a result of poor parenting. the parents/home owner needs to be fined, and have no right to own a firearm..
--yet a sad situation like you said.
Did we have gun locks 30 years ago? What has changed now that makes them so sure fired? I don't think they are bad ideas but I just wonder about the logic of this when I was that old there were NO locks on any of out guns? Generational thing?
Still, the parents in this case APPEAR to have not taught any gun safety, but that is besides the point.
No, I think that is EXACTLY the point.
Do your children always behave in the fashion that your training would lead you to believe they should?
They are children and the adults in their lives need to train AND protect them. From themselves, especially.
Small story from personal experience. I was in Germany and got a call to come home on emergency leave. My 13 yr old brother had an accident with one of my handguns that I had left at home. Farm kids, we all were, and well versed in guns and gun safety. Timothy was home alone and some dogs had gotten into Mom's sheep and he'd grabbed the first thing at hand out of the gun locker to take care of the problem. Fired a couple of shots and ran the dogs off. Went inside and was talking to his girlfriend and it looked like he'd absentmindedly reached up to scratch his head and the gun went off. His G/F said he'd just stopped talking after she heard a loud noise. I wish he'd taken the time to unload when he hit the door like we always did and still do. Our kids need us to be the responsible ones.
The point is that as parents and adults in kids lives, we are responsible for their safety. Teens think they're immortal. That's not a good combination with weapons. How many of us here on this board can say, "It's only by the grace of God that I lived through my teenage years!" because of all the crazy stupid sh- stuff we did?
To this day, and probably until my last breath, I will wish that I'd stored my guns differently when I PCS'ed. I KNOW my father regretted not having had them locked up until he passed a couple of years ago. Love your children but don't trust them too much.
no shooting is accidental...
it's a result of poor parenting. the parents/home owner needs to be fined, and have no right to own a firearm..
Did we have gun locks 30 years ago? What has changed now that makes them so sure fired? I don't think they are bad ideas but I just wonder about the logic of this when I was that old there were NO locks on any of out guns? Generational thing?
no shooting is accidental...
it's a result of poor parenting. the parents/home owner needs to be fined, and have no right to own a firearm..
--yet a sad situation like you said.
This is sad, but when I was 8 years old, I was left alone and I knew where the guns were. I just knew not to play with them. Still, this day and age are different. It is a sad story indeed.