D.M. teen dies after friend's gun goes off (Des Moines, IA)

Des Moines Register ^ | 01/08/04 | By TOM ALEX Register Staff Writer

[Rightone]

A Des Moines teenager died Wednesday from a gunshot wound to her head suffered when her boyfriend mishandled a weapon that he had been carrying for weeks, police said.

Alexis Jordan, 16, died about 16 hours after she was shot Tuesday afternoon in her boyfriend's home at 1303 Sixth Ave. Cordara "Cory" Lewis, 16, is charged with reckless use of a firearm as an adult and involuntary manslaughter as a juvenile. He is in Polk County Jail on $100,000 bond.

[Rightone]

Here we go. 16 years old. Carrying a gun around. (???) Alternative high school. Pretending to be a criminal. (???) Parents nowhere to be found. Crisis Center at school.

But, hey, if only we had a lock on that darn gun. And, really, really... this is a good kid. /sarcasm

[Tijeras_Slim]

this thread might be worth watching.

[Monty22]

And the anti-gun group says basically accidents should never happen.

First, this was no accident.

Second, ban cars first if you want to save lives that way.

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[antiRepublicrat]

Love the anti-gun title, "...gun goes off." Guns don't just "go off" when handled -- some stupid person pulls the trigger. It should read "...accidentally shot by friend," but that would take the blame off of the gun.

[martin_fierro]

A better headline: D.M. teen dies after friend mishandles gun

[BenLurkin]

This is very sad. To say that the killer "mishandled" the firearm is something of an understatement.

[MizzouTigerRepublican]

Guns don't kill people. People kill people. I wish that could have been the headline. I am so tired of these liberal tree huggers tilting these titles and stories to further their damn anti gun agenda.

[facedown]

* Store guns and ammunition in separate locked containers.

Now that's going to make it real handy for self-defense.

[mystery-ak]

He is being charged as an adult and juvenile...I don't get it...anybody?

[EggsAckley]

Lewis had had possession of the weapon for weeks, and his mother and stepfather were aware of it

Oops.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

When I was 16, I was..

1. Not allowed to have anyone over with my parents gone.

2. Not ever ever ever allowed to have a boy in my bedroom, whether my parents were home or not.

Two good rules, that if followed, avoids problems like this.

[SoKatt]

Great parenting skills.

[Melinator]

If the parents knew about it then he may even have had legal possession of the gun. Laws don't prevent stupidity.

[Rightone]

But, the libs have an answer!

Iowa given C-plus

WHAT'S NEW: In an annual analysis of state laws, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence gave Iowa a C-plus grade in 2003.

WHY: Iowa holds adults responsible if they leave loaded guns around children, regulates the sale of guns to children, and requires a permit to buy a handgun. But Iowa does not require child-safety locks to be sold with guns and does not have handgun safety standards, the Brady group said.

[pax_et_bonum]

When I was 16, I was..

1. Not allowed to have anyone over with my parents gone.

2. Not ever ever ever allowed to have a boy in my bedroom, whether my parents were home or not.

Two good rules, that if followed, avoids problems like this.

My parent's rules, too, and I don't understand so many parents today allowing their girls to have boys in their bedrooms, or vice versa.

[adam_az]

Kittie Weston-Knauer, principal at Scavo, said Jordan "had wisdom beyond her years."

Not if she had a boyfriend that pointed guns at people for fun, 'pretending' to be a criminal. A self fulfilling prophecy if I ever heard one, this story being case in point!

[aomagrat]

When he picked up the gun Tuesday, police said, it went off.

If fired all by itself?

[TERMINATTOR]

*bang_list

[Nebr FAL owner]

Any bets that the boyfriend was a HiP Hop gangsta wannbe also known as whiggers aka pop-up targets. Should get his stupid A$$ nailed to the wall permanantly!!!