9 year old shots herself in hand. Evansville

[JetGirl]

Probably scared for life when it comes to guns as well.

Very likely.
When I was just a year or so older than that and my dad had an ND, that's what did it for me. Rabid anti until my 30s.

 

[ilikeguns]

.22 cal "rifle" and will lose "fingerS" (plural)?

hmmm. reporting being what it is, excuse me if I don't think the facts are clear.

We are not talking about a bb gun here. A .22 is not a toy. More than capable of mangling several small little 9 year old fingers at close range.

 

[DFM914]

His picture says it all...

 

[Hookeye]

Very likely.
When I was just a year or so older than that and my dad had an ND, that's what did it for me. Rabid anti until my 30s.

20 years to get logical/wake up seems a bit long.

 

[threedhuntr]

His picture says it all...

 

[Bunnykid68]

20 years to get logical/wake up seems a bit long.

Well, she is just a monkey

 

[hoosierdoc]

IC 35-47-10-10
Rehabilitation of child; placement in quasi-military program
Sec. 10. When sentencing a child who has committed an offense under this chapter, a court may elect to place the child in a facility that uses a quasi-military program for rehabilitative purposes.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12.

Hrm....wonder why that was put in

 

[jwh20]

Never read anything about that.

See IC 35-47-10: Indiana Code 35-47-10

As usual, the "news" article leaves many questions unanswered. It may or may not be a violation of this statute depending on many circumstances that are not reported on. But clearly bad judgement was involved here.

 

[JetGirl]

20 years to get logical/wake up seems a bit long.

Forgive me for not being up to speed enough to meet your standards.

 

[bwframe]

Very likely.
When I was just a year or so older than that and my dad had an ND, that's what did it for me. Rabid anti until my 30s.

20 years to get logical/wake up seems a bit long.

Forgive me for not being up to speed enough to meet your standards.

My mother went to 66 "deathly afraid of guns" because she had been "shot at" at a young age. An ND shotgun blast from an unsupervised sibling hit the headboard of her bed that she was in the same room as. She was a very stubborn woman who refused to ever give in to believe anything other than she had been "shot at."

 

[JetGirl]

My mother went to 66 "deathly afraid of guns" because she had been "shot at" at a young age. An ND shotgun blast from an unsupervised sibling hit the headboard of her bed that she was in the same room as. She was a very stubborn woman who refused to ever give in to believe anything other than she had been "shot at."

It's hard for people to look at things from any other perspective than their own understandings. I'm not talking about your mom. I'm talking about anybody who thinks there should be a timely and quick progression from "bullet past the head" to "I Я Gun Nut". I consider myself fortunate to have had the luxury of patient persistent persuasion in the form of Reason. We get to where we are in our own time for our own reasons, regardless of whether anybody else thinks it's taking too long to "wake up".

 

[cintile]

wait, its illegal to take your 9 year old hunting or something? I was going at with my father at the age.

 

[kludge]

cintile, see post #15.