2-Year-Old Girl Shot, Killed By 5-Year-Old Brother With Rifle He Recieved As A Gift

Sal wrote:BURKESVILLE, Ky. — A southern Kentucky coroner says the mother of a 5-year-old boy who fatally shot his 2-year-old sister had just stepped away onto the porch when the shooting occurred.

Cumberland County Coroner Gary White tells WKYT-TV that the mother said she had been outside on a porch for “no more than three minutes.”

Kentucky State Police say the girl was shot Tuesday afternoon in Cumberland County and was later pronounced dead.

Cumberland County Coroner Gary White told the Lexington Herald-Leader the boy received the .22-caliber rifle as a gift and is used to shooting it. He said the rifle was kept in a corner and the family didn’t realize a shell was left inside it.

White says the shooting will be ruled accidental. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/authorities-2-year-old-kentucky-girl-accidentally-shot-killed-by-5-year-old-brother/2013/04/30/c1832fee-b206-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_story.html

Where was the father when this tragedy occurred??

Obviously, out buying his 2-year-old daughter a mini-pistol, because everyone knows that the only thing that can stop a bad toddler with a gun is a good baby with a gun.

Floridatexan wrote:
A 5-year-old is not mature enough for a gun. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, Sal, but it needs to be said.

My cousin was shot by her stepbrother at the age of 8, by a supposedly unloaded automatic with the clip removed but...you guessed it...one in the chamber. I think he was about 10 then, and may indeed have been rotten enough to have shot her deliberately, but the gun was at a neighbor's house, so neither parent could really be held responsible. It is highly likely, though, that much later, the same stepbrother killed my uncle over the contents of a safe. My cousin did survive but has had kidney problems her entire life.

Ghost_Rider1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
A 5-year-old is not mature enough for a gun. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, Sal, but it needs to be said.

My cousin was shot by her stepbrother at the age of 8, by a supposedly unloaded automatic with the clip removed but...you guessed it...one in the chamber. I think he was about 10 then, and may indeed have been rotten enough to have shot her deliberately, but the gun was at a neighbor's house, so neither parent could really be held responsible. It is highly likely, though, that much later, the same stepbrother killed my uncle over the contents of a safe. My cousin did survive but has had kidney problems her entire life.

FT, I respect you and your opinions, however I must disagree with your very first sentence. I got my first hunting rifle at the age of 6 and had bagged my first deer by the time I was 7. We were taught by my dad that guns were not toys and the only time that they were to be taken from the cabinet was to go hunting or target shooting. They were never loaded while in the house and the breech was always open or the bolt was removed inside the house. I have owned guns all my life and taught my kids the safe handling procedures. The key to gun ownership is, SAFETY, SAFETY and more SAFETY.

TEOTWAWKI wrote:If libs cared as much about abortion I might give a sht .

TEOTWAWKI wrote:If libs cared as much about abortion I might give a sht .

bluemoon wrote:

TEOTWAWKI wrote:If libs cared as much about abortion I might give a sht .

I figured out a long time ago that anti-abortion fanatics don't care about the post birth generation. I wouldn't brag too much about it though.
It might piss off some of us post-birthers.

bluemoon wrote:Any remaining kids should be placed in foster care away from that home and the parents should be arrested. I'm sure they feel bad about losing one of their children, but they are responsible for the death. I'd say manslaughter for whoever gave a 5 year old a gun.

How ridiculous is this gun argument going to get before something serious is done about it?

cool1 wrote:

bluemoon wrote:Any remaining kids should be placed in foster care away from that home and the parents should be arrested. I'm sure they feel bad about losing one of their children, but they are responsible for the death. I'd say manslaughter for whoever gave a 5 year old a gun.

How ridiculous is this gun argument going to get before something serious is done about it?

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I feel the same way any remaining kids should be placed with another family -not foster care . And the parents arrested I agree

as far as guns people pick up the guns and use them the guns dont kill by themselves all the laws in the world will not stop people from killing --we could take away all knives and pressure cookers --ect--and people will find a way to kill each other

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

bluemoon wrote:

TEOTWAWKI wrote:If libs cared as much about abortion I might give a sht .

I figured out a long time ago that anti-abortion fanatics don't care about the post birth generation. I wouldn't brag too much about it though.
It might piss off some of us post-birthers.

Life is life....a bullet or a pair of sissiors .......

bluemoon wrote: Cool l- I was talking to Teo, not to you. I got one of those "do you still want to post your message" notices and I ignored it and went ahead and posted. Sorry for the confusion.
As for Teo, he said:
If libs cared as much about abortion I might give a sht .
Then he said:
Life is life.......a bullet or a pair of scissors....

Yeah, but I'm positive those kids at Newtown were living human beings, viable, breathing, thinking human beings. The question is not whether a person feels murder is right, no one does. The question is when life starts, and I get tired of people who don't know telling me they do.
Then you say you don't give a shit about a dead 2 year old because libs don't care about abortion.
That's either extremely cruel and cold, or just insane.
I'm giving you the benefit of a doubt and going with insane.

Your Fuckin deity Obama kills kids everyday that i am sure were alive and happy You damn liberal drone lovin inconsistent brainless mouth-breathing zombie turd....

cool1 wrote:the same rules should be done at gun shows-as in stores I think --No one should be just selling guns without checking the person out .

I just dont see how they could stop people from selling guns to others at say yard sales-or private sales say after you did all the checks and then they just sell them to someone else, and the bad guys break into your home and steal them-- I just dont see a way to feel safe at all people need guns to protect themselves in there homes and at the same time we cant find the bad guys or the guns ----Im thinking about that Bishop right now Im thinking maybe about buying one one those .

My luck I couldnt swing faster then the dude could shoot

TEOTWAWKI wrote:

bluemoon wrote: Cool l- I was talking to Teo, not to you. I got one of those "do you still want to post your message" notices and I ignored it and went ahead and posted. Sorry for the confusion.
As for Teo, he said:
If libs cared as much about abortion I might give a sht .
Then he said:
Life is life.......a bullet or a pair of scissors....

Yeah, but I'm positive those kids at Newtown were living human beings, viable, breathing, thinking human beings. The question is not whether a person feels murder is right, no one does. The question is when life starts, and I get tired of people who don't know telling me they do.
Then you say you don't give a shit about a dead 2 year old because libs don't care about abortion.
That's either extremely cruel and cold, or just insane.
I'm giving you the benefit of a doubt and going with insane.

Your Fuckin deity Obama kills kids everyday that i am sure were alive and happy You damn liberal drone lovin inconsistent brainless mouth-breathing zombie turd....

bluemoon wrote:

cool1 wrote:the same rules should be done at gun shows-as in stores I think --No one should be just selling guns without checking the person out .

I just dont see how they could stop people from selling guns to others at say yard sales-or private sales say after you did all the checks and then they just sell them to someone else, and the bad guys break into your home and steal them-- I just dont see a way to feel safe at all people need guns to protect themselves in there homes and at the same time we cant find the bad guys or the guns ----Im thinking about that Bishop right now Im thinking maybe about buying one one those .

My luck I couldnt swing faster then the dude could shoot

We agree on that. There isn't any way to keep private citizens from selling them later or from somebody stealing them. Just because laws can't be perfect doesn't mean we shouldn't have laws though. What is the Bishop?

I have a gun and I don't want anybody taking it away. But if they want my name and phone number and the gun serial number, that's okay with me. I'm not a criminal.