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2-year-old dies of self-inflicted gunshot
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| June 7, 2010
Posted on 06/07/2010 10:07:47 AM PDT by chickadee
A 2-year-old Milwaukee boy has died after playing with his mother's handgun.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; toddler
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I am not that familiar with handguns, but my first inclination is to call bullsh--t. Could a 2 year old really have the strength to pull the trigger on a handgun?
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:07:47 AM PDT
by
chickadee
To: chickadee
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:09:18 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
To: chickadee
Yes. Very sad story. Need to keep them locked up and not accessible to kids. Prayers for the family.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:09:38 AM PDT
by
Tulane
To: chickadee
It seems unlikely, but I suppose it depends on the 2 year old, and how close to being a 3 year old he was.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:09:42 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: chickadee
Trigger lock. Idiot mother.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:10:14 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Tulane
Need to keep them locked up and not accessible to kids. Agreed 100%.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:10:28 AM PDT
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: ßuddaßudd
It just seems extraordinary. So you believe the story as reported? I smell a large rodent.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:10:41 AM PDT
by
chickadee
To: chickadee
Yes.
The real question is could an adult really be so stupid as to leave a loaded gun within reach of a 2-year-old.
Yes to that also.
Sad.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:10:44 AM PDT
by
South40
("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
To: chickadee
Mommy needs to do hard prison time for the rest of her life.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:11:07 AM PDT
by
trumandogz
(The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: chickadee
It’s about a 6 pound pull.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:11:11 AM PDT
by
353FMG
(ISLAM -- America's road to destruction.)
To: chickadee
Depends on the gun. Double-action handguns are actually pretty difficult to pull ... I wouldn’t figure a 2-year-old could do so. But, a single-action with a round in the chamber is much easier.
SnakeDoc
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:11:51 AM PDT
by
SnakeDoctor
("Shut it down" ... 00:00:03 ... 00:00:02 ... 00:00:01 ... 00:00:00.)
To: SnakeDoctor
Thanks for the info. Now, if I only knew what double action or single action meant:)
To: chickadee
My grandkids are banned from my house until they are at least 12. Just too much dangerous stuff here. Sorry for the family, but you don't leave a firearm where an untrained kid can get to it.
/johnny
To: South40
WTMJ radio reports the boy's mother caught him playing with the .38 caliber gun a day before, punished him and put the gun back in the same drawer. She not only left it where the child could get to it, she put it back in the same place after finding the child playing with it -- AND then left children alone in the room to watch a movie.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:13:24 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
(God Save America)
To: chickadee
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:13:26 AM PDT
by
wac3rd
(Gulf oil spews...Obama sues.)
To: Tulane
Did you notice the last paragraph?
WTMJ radio reports the boy's mother caught him playing with the .38 caliber gun a day before, punished him and put the gun back in the same drawer.
To: chickadee
WTMJ radio reports the boy's mother caught him playing with
the .38 caliber gun a day before, punished him and put the
gun back in the same drawer.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:14:53 AM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
To: Tulane
What good is a locked up gun? A pistol with a full magazine and an empty chamber is much safer than a revolver. Most kids don’t know how to cycle the slide on an semi-auto.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:15:16 AM PDT
by
353FMG
(ISLAM -- America's road to destruction.)
To: FourPeas
The story's extremely sad and the mother was extremely stupid.
Any woman can have a child. It's a far fewer number that can raise them.
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:16:10 AM PDT
by
South40
("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
To: chickadee
“Authorities say Zaire Cameron was in a bedroom with two other children watching a movie.”
Somehow I don’t think the kid was Amish...
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posted on
06/07/2010 10:18:24 AM PDT
by
Towed_Jumper
(Stephen Hopkins: Founding Father who had Cerebral Palsy.."My hand trembles, my heart does not.")
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