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W.Va. man killed 3-year-old son during shooting game, police say
The Times-West Virginian ^ | 12-01-08 | staff

Posted on 12/05/2008 7:40:24 PM PST by atomic conspiracy

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To: atomic conspiracy

Dreadful. RIP.


21 posted on 12/05/2008 8:07:53 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Emmett McCarthy
Honestly, I don’t believe the father’s story at all.

Call me heartless, but me neither.

22 posted on 12/05/2008 8:10:34 PM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: atomic conspiracy

One should never “play” a “game” with any gun. Sad, tragic and on top of it all, senseless.


23 posted on 12/05/2008 8:15:14 PM PST by IMissPresidentReagan (I'd rather be a conservative nut job than a liberal with no nuts and no job. www.reaganaction.com)
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To: atomic conspiracy
Gary Wayne Garretson, 44, of Coal City

Why is it that many, many killers have the middle name of Wayne?

24 posted on 12/05/2008 8:16:32 PM PST by It's me
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To: atomic conspiracy

Wonder if he “got Mommy” too. Really what kind of a person would play a “game” with a three year old like that? I guess pulling the trigger is all part of the “game.”


25 posted on 12/05/2008 8:17:13 PM PST by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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26 posted on 12/05/2008 8:19:26 PM PST by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: atomic conspiracy

Look at the picture of that precious child in post 10......

Very sad....the Dad is an idiot....


27 posted on 12/05/2008 8:28:57 PM PST by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
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To: atomic conspiracy

Mandatory sterilization.


28 posted on 12/05/2008 8:33:47 PM PST by montag813 (www.FreepShop.com)
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To: smokingfrog

And get somebody else to check your checking. And then treat it as if it’s loaded, unless it’s in pieces on your cleaning table. There are no “take-backs” when lead leaves the barrel.


29 posted on 12/05/2008 8:40:22 PM PST by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: It's me

I wonder that, too.

Also, I wonder if victims have a middle name that keeps coming up. Many times they don’t even give the middle name of the victims.


30 posted on 12/05/2008 8:43:55 PM PST by A knight without armor
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To: atomic conspiracy

Treat every firearm as though it were loaded. It’s the most important habit for preventing accidents.

So what kind of creature would fail to grasp that knowledge about human habits—the same kind who would snort a little meth, tailgate other drivers and prefer pit bulls as pets?


31 posted on 12/05/2008 8:53:45 PM PST by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote, http://falconparty.com/)
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To: trumandogz

I say shoot him in the face with a 12 gauge.


32 posted on 12/05/2008 9:09:02 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Obama is the Antichrist.)
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To: atomic conspiracy
Gary Garretson told deputies that he did not know the shotgun was loaded when he pointed it in his son's direction and pulled the trigger, the complaint said.

Garretson told police "he had done this in the past as a bit of a game with his son, saying that he was going to get him," the complaint said.

Those two sentences right there are just off the scale insane. This man is the worst excuse for a father, and he needs to have the book thrown at him!

33 posted on 12/05/2008 9:17:39 PM PST by MarineBrat (You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.)
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To: atomic conspiracy; Clintonfatigued

“The toddler would respond, “You can’t get me, daddy,” according to the complaint. “

:( sums up my thoughts.

I wonder how he’ll live with the guilt.


34 posted on 12/05/2008 9:32:35 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: atomic conspiracy

“According to DBPK, the little boy’s mother, Darlene Garretson, had died just four months ago.”

If that’s true, it makes me wonder if dad was depressed and too overwhelmed to deal with an active toddler.

How very very sad.


35 posted on 12/05/2008 9:38:08 PM PST by Scotswife
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To: Awestruck

Every gun I own has a round in the chamber. I know they are loaded.


36 posted on 12/05/2008 9:49:46 PM PST by Rannug
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To: atomic conspiracy
... a game that involved a shotgun ...

Cripes.

37 posted on 12/05/2008 9:51:55 PM PST by dighton
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To: mwilli20

So horric ..I can’t imagine that kind of pain.

I got into a habit years ago.I teach all youngsters this....because I owe it to them.Dad taught me and much more...like walking w/your friends and how to carry your gun and being always conscious of which way you point the barrel.

I check mine when I pick it up...check it when I put it in the truck....when I take it out of the truck...before I put it up.I works for me.


38 posted on 12/05/2008 10:53:35 PM PST by bobaloobob (bobaloobob)
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To: smokingfrog

“Even if you are SURE the gun is not loaded, CHECK AGAIN.”

Exactly what daddy taught me.


39 posted on 12/06/2008 3:14:44 AM PST by shaft29 (Just your typical black woman.)
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To: ColdWater

Even when I have a known unloaded gun, I still don’t point it at someone and pull the trigger. This breaks every rule in the book.


40 posted on 12/06/2008 5:23:24 AM PST by Sender (Never lose your ignorance; you can never regain it!)
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