[marktwain]

Tragic and extremely rare, if true.

[Cheetahcat]

No safety??

[dforest]

How do we know it was the kid who pulled the trigger?

Sad story.

[tsowellfan]

Tragic and extremely rare, if true.

Exactly! But still, I don't even want to read the article.

[HGSW0904]

Fishy.

He didn’t know the gun was loaded? He left it lying on the ground? And — with a toddler in the house?

Guns don’t kill people...stupid people who can’t figure out how to use them properly do...

[samtheman]

I am truly sorry for all involved while at the same time I am somewhat skeptical.

[samtheman]

It’s been a long time since I’ve fired an automatic and I don’t own one (never have, only revolvers) so pardon my ignorance in this question:

Wouldn’t the gun have to be more than just “loaded” for the toddler to be able to squeeze off a round?

[BuckeyeTexan]

The man had a concealed-carry permit but had never fired this gun and thought it wasn’t loaded?

*sniff, sniff*

[proud American in Canada]

I’m no gun expert, but why would you have a loaded gun laying around when you have a two year old child?

[Moltke]

"The little boy take it up off the ground. He squeeze it and he shot his mom,"

The gun was just lying around on the floor? Uh-huh.

Sounds to me like babydaddy got tired of babymommy and came up with the dumbest excuse ever. The powder residue test will tell...

[momtothree]

I’m calling Shenanigans on this one. What a great suspect: a kid in diapers who can’t verbalize what really happened. I think a lot of detective work needs to go into this one. IMHO

[DTogo]

"The little boy take it up off the ground. He squeeze it and he shot his mom," the unidentified man told a 911 operator on April 20. "I was trying to take the gun from him. I can’t believe it."

The jury probably won't either.

[Molon Labbie]

Some people shouldn’t be allowed to breed, much less be around firearms, as demonstrated by this dad at a wedding.

Dad hands his roscoe to his two year old and Mr. Darwin steps in.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=053_1229002851

[MsLady]

Yes it is very rare and truly tragic. The lib press will make a huge deal about how none of us should have guns because of this. I know two families that this happened to. One family was going hunting and the one brothers gun accidentally discharged hitting his 8 year old brother in the spine. The brother was paralyzed from the neck down and just recently died in his early 20's, complications of being paralyzed. And back in the early 70's, I knew a family where the 4 year old brother got hold of his fathers gun that was loaded and laying around(can't remember where, just remember it being carelessly left out somewhere). The boy shot through a wall and killed his sister.

I also know a load of people with guns and have for years, where nothing has happened. It's part of life. There will always be foolish people and tragic accidents.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Gun ought to have a lot of kick in store for a 2yo who doesn’t know he’s flicking a bang switch.

[riverrunner]

I always wonder about these cases, They should be investigated as a homicide with the man being the peime suspect.

What a convenient excuse for killing your wife girl freind ect.

Home come they are not just wounded.

I remember when my kids were 2 they would have had a hard time holding let alone shooting any size of pistol.

Makes me wounder if the kid had some help.

[golf lover]

We’ll see this on “48 Hours” and you can bet the husband/father did it.

[madamemayhem]

someone (a gun enthusiast) once told me that if you pick up the pistol, hold it with your off hand, and can pull the trigger with the pinky finger of that hand, then a child can pull that trigger also. Don’t know if that is true or not.