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Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« on: 11 March 2010, 00:08:03 »
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #1 on: 11 March 2010, 06:52:44 »
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WTF are they doing leaving a loaded gun around in a house with little kids in? Beyond belief  >:(
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #2 on: 11 March 2010, 07:30:42 »
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WTF are they doing leaving a loaded gun around in a house with little kids in? Beyond belief  >:(
I agree, If you have a weapon in the house it should be out of reach of kids and under lock and key
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #3 on: 11 March 2010, 10:06:24 »
Another problem caused, in part, by the new "virtual world" catching people out.

Tragic.
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #4 on: 11 March 2010, 10:19:29 »
And I worry about the sharp knifes in the cutlery draw what was the parents thinking- or lack of as may be
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #5 on: 11 March 2010, 10:39:37 »
and i thought CGi was realistic!
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #6 on: 11 March 2010, 11:07:22 »
Some parents just shouldn't have kids....and now two don't.Very tragic and what's worse, very preventable :( :( :(
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #7 on: 11 March 2010, 11:13:45 »
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Some parents just shouldn't have kids....and now two don't.Very tragic and what's worse, very preventable :( :( :(
Spot on Jon :y
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #8 on: 11 March 2010, 11:29:43 »
Sad, very sad :( :(

I hope the parents get locked up for their stupidity >:( >:(

I mean, FFS, why would you leave a gun lying around? And surely if he'd been checking for a prowler the night before he'd have taken the gun back to the bedroom with him :-? :-?

Just an excuse for their stupidity IMO >:( >:( >:(
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #9 on: 11 March 2010, 11:42:21 »
One of the problems of the "gun culture" I'm afraid ... "familiarity breeds contempt" ... after 38 years of regularly handling firearms I still respect what they can do ....  perhaps it has a great deal to do with the way I was TAUGHT to handle them ... rather than produce a driving licenece and buy one ... :(
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #10 on: 11 March 2010, 11:59:25 »
My Instructor always told us three things
1)treat EVERY firearm as if its loaded
2)NEVER point a firearm at anyone unless you mean to pull the trigger next
3)NEVER walk away from a loaded weapon and leave it.

Still regularly shoot, and can hear his words ringing in my ears 20 years on, clear as day.

What a waste of a life. String the parents up, I'll pull the lever!!
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #11 on: 11 March 2010, 12:09:14 »
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One of the problems of the "gun culture" I'm afraid ... "familiarity breeds contempt" ... after 38 years of regularly handling firearms I still respect what they can do ....  perhaps it has a great deal to do with the way I was TAUGHT to handle them ... rather than produce a driving licenece and buy one ... :(

exactly - the easy availability of guns in the US means those of an intellectually challenged nature will get them too i'm afraid with no training or experience necessary :(
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #12 on: 11 March 2010, 17:58:37 »
 >:( good to see shit for brains rednecks still abound  >:(
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #13 on: 11 March 2010, 18:01:52 »
Those who live by the gun will die by the gun..........including the innocents!! :'( :'( :'(
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Re: Toddler mistook loaded gun for Wii gadget.
« Reply #14 on: 11 March 2010, 21:35:52 »
Why is it the innocent have to die before lessons are learnt? :'(
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