6 year old IN boy killed in accidental shooting

[! twitty]

6 year old dead after Morgan County accidental shooting - 13 WTHR

They said it was him and an 11 year old left home alone. Definitely a sad situation.

 

[THard6]

no shooting is accidental...
it's a result of poor parenting. the parents/home owner needs to be fined, and have no right to own a firearm..

--yet a sad situation like you said.

 

[edsinger]

This is sad, but when I was 8 years old, I was left alone and I knew where the guns were. I just knew not to play with them. Still, this day and age are different. It is a sad story indeed.

 

[Fenway]

Very sad

 

[96firephoenix]

very sad. prayers for the family.

 

[! twitty]

I must say that although we can clearly blame the parents I still feel the utmost sadness for this the other kid that will have to live with this for the rest of his life...

 

[IndyPrepper]

I must say that although we can clearly blame the parents I still feel the utmost sadness for this the other kid that will have to live with this for the rest of his life...

I agree, This is truly a tragedy for all who are involved.

 

[Sylvain]

no shooting is accidental...
it's a result of poor parenting. the parents/home owner needs to be fined, and have no right to own a firearm..

--yet a sad situation like you said.

I agree.
This kid was more than old enough to be taugh about gun safety by his parents AND the gun should have been locked away.

Not an accident here but still a sad story.

 

[MeatyBacchus]

How sad, if kids are left at the home the guns should be locked up, period.

 

[edsinger]

Did we have gun locks 30 years ago? What has changed now that makes them so sure fired? I don't think they are bad ideas but I just wonder about the logic of this when I was that old there were NO locks on any of out guns? Generational thing?

Still, the parents in this case APPEAR to have not taught any gun safety, but that is besides the point.

 

[jsheets1]

That a real tragedy. Trigger locks and safes are priceless compared to what can happen.

 

[88GT]

Did we have gun locks 30 years ago? What has changed now that makes them so sure fired? I don't think they are bad ideas but I just wonder about the logic of this when I was that old there were NO locks on any of out guns? Generational thing?

Still, the parents in this case APPEAR to have not taught any gun safety, but that is besides the point.

No, I think that is EXACTLY the point.

 

[patience0830]

yes, and

No, I think that is EXACTLY the point.

Do your children always behave in the fashion that your training would lead you to believe they should?

They are children and the adults in their lives need to train AND protect them. From themselves, especially.

Small story from personal experience. I was in Germany and got a call to come home on emergency leave. My 13 yr old brother had an accident with one of my handguns that I had left at home. Farm kids, we all were, and well versed in guns and gun safety. Timothy was home alone and some dogs had gotten into Mom's sheep and he'd grabbed the first thing at hand out of the gun locker to take care of the problem. Fired a couple of shots and ran the dogs off. Went inside and was talking to his girlfriend and it looked like he'd absentmindedly reached up to scratch his head and the gun went off. His G/F said he'd just stopped talking after she heard a loud noise. I wish he'd taken the time to unload when he hit the door like we always did and still do. Our kids need us to be the responsible ones.
The point is that as parents and adults in kids lives, we are responsible for their safety. Teens think they're immortal. That's not a good combination with weapons. How many of us here on this board can say, "It's only by the grace of God that I lived through my teenage years!" because of all the crazy stupid sh- stuff we did?
To this day, and probably until my last breath, I will wish that I'd stored my guns differently when I PCS'ed. I KNOW my father regretted not having had them locked up until he passed a couple of years ago. Love your children but don't trust them too much.

 

[! twitty]

Do your children always behave in the fashion that your training would lead you to believe they should?

They are children and the adults in their lives need to train AND protect them. From themselves, especially.

Small story from personal experience. I was in Germany and got a call to come home on emergency leave. My 13 yr old brother had an accident with one of my handguns that I had left at home. Farm kids, we all were, and well versed in guns and gun safety. Timothy was home alone and some dogs had gotten into Mom's sheep and he'd grabbed the first thing at hand out of the gun locker to take care of the problem. Fired a couple of shots and ran the dogs off. Went inside and was talking to his girlfriend and it looked like he'd absentmindedly reached up to scratch his head and the gun went off. His G/F said he'd just stopped talking after she heard a loud noise. I wish he'd taken the time to unload when he hit the door like we always did and still do. Our kids need us to be the responsible ones.
The point is that as parents and adults in kids lives, we are responsible for their safety. Teens think they're immortal. That's not a good combination with weapons. How many of us here on this board can say, "It's only by the grace of God that I lived through my teenage years!" because of all the crazy stupid sh- stuff we did?
To this day, and probably until my last breath, I will wish that I'd stored my guns differently when I PCS'ed. I KNOW my father regretted not having had them locked up until he passed a couple of years ago. Love your children but don't trust them too much.

I am so sorry to hear this my friend. It is never easy and believe me that I am not blaming the kid or what lead to this. In the end it is up to the parents to keep the guns away from them. It is extremely sad, none the less and I grieve for them.

 

[.452browning]

Such a tragedy. man martinsville just cant catch a break lately.....kids getting tasered by police, kids shooting kids at school, school administrators driving while intoxicated, sheriff deputys getting arrested, and now this. what happened to this town??

 

[jedi]

no shooting is accidental...
it's a result of poor parenting. the parents/home owner needs to be fined, and have no right to own a firearm..

Maybe I misread the article that the OP posted. But in that article it did not mention that the firearm was owned by the kid's parents. Do we know if it was? Or did the kid bring it from somewhere else?

Some of you seem to be jumping on the wagon of blaming the parents for not locking up a gun which may not have even been in the house to begin with!

Did we have gun locks 30 years ago? What has changed now that makes them so sure fired? I don't think they are bad ideas but I just wonder about the logic of this when I was that old there were NO locks on any of out guns? Generational thing?

^THIS!

 

[loony1]

no shooting is accidental...
it's a result of poor parenting. the parents/home owner needs to be fined, and have no right to own a firearm..

--yet a sad situation like you said.

wow, not sure what to say

 

[loony1]

This is sad, but when I was 8 years old, I was left alone and I knew where the guns were. I just knew not to play with them. Still, this day and age are different. It is a sad story indeed.

this was me too....

 

[JohnP82]

Very sad to hear this

 

[vesan87]

Firearms safety training should be included in elementary school. I'm sure there are plenty of people on here that would volunteer to teach it.