.........Yay guns!

[Rodeo]

@zantax

Ban swimming pools, kills far more kids.

Apparently all accidents need to be banned.

I propose we ban gun, knives, chainsaws, cars, trucks, horses, water, electricity, holes in the ground, boats, waterskiing, swimming and swimming pools, ice, climbing trees rocks and mountains, hockey, any pitches over 40 miles an hour, running, jumping, football both the American kind and that game where everybody kicks the ball, surfing, airplanes, skydiving…

I m sure I missed quite a few things.

As I said in my earlier post. The person who started this thread is trying to draw a sick connection between this tragedy and the millions of responsible gun owners in this country. I m sure the adult in this tragedy is beyond devastated…if there is criminal liability that’s up to local law enforcement. Who among as parents and people cannot remember that one moment when we absent mindedly left a detergent pod or a pill bottle within reach even for a split second. My wife is the most responsible animal lover in the world…I ll never forget the day she came in from riding with some stuff in the truck and she forget her jack russell for 10 minutes on a hot day.

This was a horrible tragedy…it should not be turned into some kind of political football.

[DMK]

@tnt

I’m just relieved that in america some idiot who left a loaded gun around for his kids to play with was able to easily buy a gun without a bit of safety training. All that really matters are his second amendment rights. the rest is just the risks that come with living in a free society.

There are plenty of idiots in this country.

[DMK]

@Rodeo

I have very little respect for anyone who would rush to a forum like this writing a post like the one you just wrote.

This is a personal tragedy for this family. Someone placed a firearm in a spot where a child could reach it and turned his head for two minutes.

Here you come trying to blame all gun owners and the second amendment…

Disgusting.

Yes, it is. However, one incident must therefore translate to all people need to be further regulated.

[PurpnGold]

@DMK

Yes, it is. However, one incident must therefore translate to all people need to be further regulated.

Both sides do it… I think we should at least give tragedies like this a week or so before using it for political points

[DMK]

@PurpnGold

Both sides do it… I think we should at least give tragedies like this a week or so before using it for political points

Who is “we”?

Truth is? Bad things happen to rich, to poor to all walks of life.

This man doesn’t need a week. He will never recover in a lifetime.

[PurpnGold]

@DMK

Who is “we”?

Truth is? Bad things happen to rich, to poor to all walks of life.

This man doesn’t need a week. He will never recover in a lifetime.

@PurpnGold

Both sides do it… I think we should at least give tragedies like this a week or so before using it for political points

Emphasis mine.

[tnt]

@WuWei

Did you take driver training and pass a government test to drive?

Are you going to legislate away idiocy?

I did have to take a drivers test. The only gun I ever owned was handed to me at a DU raffle. Never once had to take a test, or prove I knew which end worked.

thank god for freedom!

[DMK]

@PurpnGold

Emphasis mine.

This is a tragedy. No, it should not be about politics no more than a child drowning in a pool or a child forgotten in the car while a parent went to work.

All are absolutely horrific for the families and every loved one involved.

That it becomes political fodder is an opportunistic grab on the tragedy of others to further an agenda.

And it is beyond disgusting.

[tnt]

@Rodeo

I have very little respect for anyone who would rush to a forum like this writing a post like the one you just wrote.

This is a personal tragedy for this family. Someone placed a firearm in a spot where a child could reach it and turned his head for two minutes.

Here you come trying to blame all gun owners and the second amendment…

Disgusting.

You misunderstand me - I am celebrating the fact that gun owners everywhere don’t have to pass safety training, or have their guns secured, or undergo periodic safety checks.

The second amendment is vital.

This poor kid is just a side effect of freedom.

[DMK]

@tnt

I did have to take a drivers test. The only gun I ever owned was handed to me at a DU raffle. Never once had to take a test, or prove I knew which end worked.

thank god for freedom!

Did you take the time to learn to use it? Why did you accept what was handed to you if you didn’t want to take responsibility for it?

You don’t know which end works? You and the dad in your OP may have some things in common.

[tnt]

@PurpnGold

Both sides do it… I think we should at least give tragedies like this a week or so before using it for political points

Well, in a week’s time on average we will have three more mass shootings taking up the headlines.

We need to celebrate the freedom this gun owner enjoyed TODAY before it is forgotten.

[tnt]

@DMK

This man doesn’t need a week. He will never recover in a lifetime.

But he’ll always be allowed to by a gun.

[DMK]

@tnt

But he’ll always be allowed to by a gun.

So will you. Or get a free one that you kept but don’t know how to use.

Now what?

[tnt]

@DMK

This is a tragedy. No, it should not be about politics no more than a child drowning in a pool or a child forgotten in the car while a parent went to work.

A handful of people broke their necks diving in swimming pools and the whole country rewrote and adopted codes to prevent it in the future.

Thank god we don’t do that with guns.

[tnt]

@DMK

Did you take the time to learn to use it? Why did you accept what was handed to you if you didn’t want to take responsibility for it?

You don’t know which end works? You and the dad in your OP may have some things in common.

I grew up shooting guns a fair amount, so I actually do know how to work a shotgun. But they sure as hell didn’t know that when they handed it to me. And they didn’t know I wasn’t mentally stable either.

I never even took it out of the box. Left it in the basement for about 15 years, then sold it to a gun shop.

[tnt]

@DMK

So will you. Or get a free one that you kept but don’t know how to use.

Now what?

We celebrate freedom! The guy who left a loaded gun around and killed his ■■■■■■■ kid will always be allowed to buy another. thank god.

[DMK]

@tnt

A handful of people broke their necks diving in swimming pools and the whole country rewrote and adopted codes to prevent it in the future.

Sorry. Kids drown in swimming pools and even bathtubs.

Code doesn’t prevent stupidity. Code is there to create a safety net against liability.

[WuWei]

@Scratch

@zantax

That’s what happens when you give them massive publicity, AKA exactly what they want.

Yea because these nut jobs wouldn’t kill if it wasn’t for that…

It’s always someone else’s fault…

Like the NRA? Colt? Me?

[WuWei]

@tnt

@WuWei

Did you take driver training and pass a government test to drive?

Are you going to legislate away idiocy?

I did have to take a drivers test. The only gun I ever owned was handed to me at a DU raffle. Never once had to take a test, or prove I knew which end worked.

thank god for freedom!

I didn’t ask about guns.

So you took driving training and a government test. Never had an accident?

[tnt]

@WuWei

Like the NRA? Colt? Me?

Don’t be silly.

It’s the fault of the demons who do the killing. And tank god for groups like the NRA who protect the right of demons to be able to easily buy guns. That’s what really matters.