4-Year Old Kills 4-Year Old with Unsecured Gun
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Every day in America people are enjoying their Second Amendment rights and are killing each other. Sure, some are bad people, and I guess that’s just the nature of what they do, but what about the good people? What about the true innocents: the children?
After tragedy struck in Detroit late yesterday afternoon, a neighbor asks the obvious question: “I was wondering why two 4-year-olds have access to a gun in the first place.” This was in response to a 4-year-old girl shootingt her 4-year-old male cousin, killing him. Police are calling it a “tragic, tragic accident,” but an avoidable one, per the Free Press. A police representative says the two were playing in a bedroom, and the girl found a “long gun” under the bed; it was both loaded and not locked in a case.
The girl pointed it at her cousin and shot him in the chest; a five-year-old cousin was also in the room at the time, reports WXYZ. No word yet whether charges will be filed. There was an adult in the house, but reports conflict as to the person’s identity; the Free Press says it was their grandfather, but CNN reports it was a family friend.
What a tragedy for all concerned. Another gun and another senseless death.
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This is just so saddening. Accident my ass, there was a gun there not locked, so it was only a matter of when not if someone might get their hands on it.
Just finding out too that the NRA has written, yes they wrote it, a law in Florida where gunslingers will be protected if they wave the weapon in a threatening manner or send up a warning shot. Got it from Gawker who talked to the legislators.
http://gawker.com/the-nra-literally-wrote-floridas-new-bill-to-legalize-1503180083
we think violence is the only answer to everything, so this kind of thing is sure to happen.
we need to do the hard work of building a just society. this would eliminate the blue collar robbery crimes.
but we dont think that far ahea, the easy , cheap “fix” is get a gun!!!
That was my first thought James. Leaving a loaded weapon under the bed, no doubt for self-protection, while forgetting about the kids. A lot of lights, a dog, even a little one because it’s the barking that matters, and good locks on the doors and windows and your chances of being a victim of crime are severely reduced.
That’s what our two small dogs do. Admittedly, it’s taken some time for them to understand that someone in the hallway is not necessarily “coming to kill us all” but ringing the doorbell or trying to enter the condo is cause to sound the alarm.
OTOH, is almost 11 years in this building we have had exactly one burglary. Even that was an example of compounded stupidity. I woman on a lower floor left her condo and the door was not only unlocked, it was standing open. The house next door was being renovated and the alarm system and electric fence on top of the wall was disabled for that.
Two young men entered the house, found nothing to steal (it was being gutted completely) climbed the wall walked into our building and found a nice empty apartment with the door open.
As a result, we now have to keep two outer doors locked at all times. The street door from the parking lot is very solid. The door into the building from the parking area is flimsy, has thin glass panes and the door latch is into a 1/8″ aluminum frame. A good kick would pop it open. I have pointed this out to the building management and recommended replacing the glass with steel mesh and a steel frame for the lock.
Considering that, in the 11 years, there has been no other attempts at all, that seems a bit of overkill. But like elsewhere symbolism over substance is the order of the day.
The important questions are to whom did the gun belong? Why was it left unsecured?