I observe that in 15 comments, not a single expression of empathy toward the innocent victim of this shootin' safari has been expressed. So... You're saying we should all be saying about how we "feel her pain"?
Are you sure you're on the right political web forum? The hand-wringing liberal sites are down the hall, second door on the left.
Look, if it would in any way help the woman for me to make public expressions of "empathy" for her, I'd do it in a heartbeat. But since in reality it would just be a useless exercise in "sharing my feelings", why bother?
I hadn't thought that I had to "share my feelings" where you can see them in order to prove I had some, but apparently I was mistaken. Or more to the point, maybe you're presuming *way* too much here.
Lotsa talk about how cool the guns are though.
There was *ONE* (count 'em, *1*) comment expressing admiration for the firearm ("Pretty little thang...ain't it"), and that wasn't even in the "first 15" comments. Hallucinate much?
All the other comments focusing on the firearm were trying to figure out whether the article's decription of it might be accurate or not.
Turn off your bias and try again..
"All the other comments focusing on the firearm were trying to figure out whether the article's decription of it might be accurate or not. "
The description was probably _not_ accurate. Most folks don't send 16-year-olds out to do target practice with full-auto firearms without supervision.
That said, that particular weapon lends itself to modification to being full auto capable, as has been pointed out by several folks here.
Bottom line is that these boys were careless with their weapon and a woman was injured. Had that woman been the wife or daughter of one of the posters here, we'd be hearing a different argument. Had the woman been killed, there are plenty of Freepers who would be calling for the death penalty. Had the boys been the children of illegal immigrants, there would be rants about closing the borders.
None of those things are the case. It's a couple of stupid kids, poorly trained in firearms safety, who caused an injury. The weapon didn't cause the injury. The shooter caused the injury.
Again, if it was your wife or daughter who had been shot, I suspect you'd feel differently and the discussion might be a different one.