5-Year Old Kills 5-Year Old with Unsecured Gun

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A “good guy with a gun,”  as the NRA would say, leaves one unsecured and laying around for anyone to see, pick up, point and shoot just like the little 5-year old who shot and killed her friend Noelle Aston Shawyer, also 5-years old.  Another innocent life snuffed out just so Americans can celebrate their liberal interpretation of the 2d Amendment.

Noelle Shawver, center, is shown in this family photo.
Noelle Shawver, center, is shown in this family photo.

It seems she grabbed hold of a gun while adults were in another room on Wednesday afternoon, the Idaho State Journal reports. Noelle was found with a gunshot wound and taken by paramedics to Portneuf Medical Center where she later died, police say. “We are not releasing any” further details, an officer says. “Obviously that’s part of the investigation.” A GoFundMe page set up to pay for funeral and other expenses has reached more than $20,000 in a single day.

There’s no word on what, if any, charges will be filed against the irresponsible and reckless owner of the gun.

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Stacey Gray
9 years ago

You can’t fix stupid.

barry
9 years ago

the constitution says “well regulated militia to keep and bear arms”.
the founders did NOT mean for the federal government to keep a gun registry-that would defeat the entire purpose against tyranny.
neither were they talking about muskets or hunting rifles-again hopelessly outclassed by the small arms utilized by any standing army.
there can be mandatory safety training,renewable background check and club references followed by an issued photo certificate allowing the individual be in possession of whatever firearm he or she borrows or purchases and participates at civilian shooting ranges.
this i think would come as close as possible to the swiss militia system that america could get.
leaving loaded guns around kids is no different than leaving keys in an idling car -nobody rational responds with “ban all cars” or “ban only some types of cars”.

Reply to  barry
9 years ago

Cars, unlike handguns and assault rifles, have a purpose beyond killing living things, i.e. human beings. As a result it would not be reasonable to ban cars.

9 years ago

For years, I have been advocating a system for licensing gun owners. Not registering guns, but having owners demonstrate competence and care in owning a firearm. I even wrote an essay about it and it was published here in MMA some time ago.

Like a driver’s or pilot’s license, having one would not mean you own a car, plane, or gun, but that you are competent to use one.

It can be seen at:

http://slrman.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/guns-or-no-guns/

Maybe that plane would not have changed this sad incident,people no matter how well trained, can still exercise their constitutional eight be be absurdly stupid. Nor would it keep guns away from criminals. No law will do that. If it would, they wouldn’t be criminals, would they?

Reply to  James Smith
9 years ago

There does need to be a system for gun ownership.

Marsha Woerner
9 years ago

I am not one who believes that Obama, or anyone else, should go through and relieve everybody of their guns. Aside from the fact that that is totally un-doable, it’s also totally ridiculous. But I do believe that there must be RESPONSIBILITY associated with carrying, owning, or having anything to do with a gun! We currently fill all of the jails and prisons with people associated with drug crimes, people were not violent and have nothing to do with violence! I say replace them with irresponsible gun owners – those who allow unregistered or incompetent people (yes, I include myself amongst the incompetents. Legal blindness counts, not to mention disability with the fingers…) or MINORS access!

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