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[W:616]Tennessee toddler found gun, shot himself

And your position on this is what? (We are in the Gun Control area of the forum, not really just reporting news areas of the forum.)
 
SmokethatGreen said:
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Question: did the parents legally own that gun?


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SmokethatGreen said:
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Hmm...

JACKSON, Tenn. — Police say a 3-year-old boy found a gun at his home in Tennessee and fatally shot himself in the face as his mother was doing drugs.

The Jackson Sun reports 25-year-old Linda Arrington and her boyfriend, 43-year-old Antonio Dancer, were being held in the Madison County Jail on charges including negligent homicide.

A Jackson police statement says responding officers found Chrisaiah Arrington suffering from a single gunshot wound on Saturday. He was hospitalized and later died.

Police say investigators determined that Arrington and her boyfriend were under the influence of drugs when the unsupervised Chrisaiah found the unsecured weapon. And court records say Arrington told them this wasn't the first time her son had found a gun in the home.
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What, exactly is the "gun control" issue that you had in mind?

It seems that criminal charges are pending without the need of any more "gun laws".
 
Barnacle said:
Question: did the parents legally own that gun?


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That would make no difference in this case.

Police say investigators determined that Arrington and her boyfriend were under the influence of drugs when the unsupervised Chrisaiah found the unsecured weapon.
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Barnacle said:
Question: did the parents legally own that gun?


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Does that make a difference? Legal or not, you don't leave dangerous objects around children.
 
OrphanSlug said:
And your position on this is what? (We are in the Gun Control area of the forum, not really just reporting news areas of the forum.)
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You really don't know? His position is "black people are bad". Just like every other thread of his.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
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What, exactly is the "gun control" issue that you had in mind?

It seems that criminal charges are pending without the need of any more "gun laws".
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this^^^^

Cut and dry, open and shut...the firearm was improperly stored if a kid can get it, there’s a law for that, a few actually.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
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What, exactly is the "gun control" issue that you had in mind?

It seems that criminal charges are pending without the need of any more "gun laws".
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Doing narcotics while possessing or having control over a loaded firearm is already a felony in most states. If I were a betting man-I'd bet that an 18 USC 922 federal charge will be applied as well-having a firearm that moved in interstate commerce while under a disability.
 
Wayne Jr said:
This is why I support safe storage laws. A simple trigger lock would have prevented this.
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The NRA will fight you on that....and that is why these kids are dying
 
Wayne Jr said:
This is why I support safe storage laws. A simple trigger lock would have prevented this.
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A trigger lock would only prevent this if the parents put it on the gun. Trigger locks are available now, but for some reason they didn't have one.
 
jimbo said:
Does that make a difference? Legal or not, you don't leave dangerous objects around children.
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About 25-26 years ago my youngest daughter almost chocked to death on a little Lego. I was at work and my wife didn't know anything was wrong but a friend of hers that was an RN happened to be there and she dislodged it. Point is there are lots of dangerous objects around children and guns are somewhere at the bottom of the list. However they are the ones you hear about.
 
Wayne Jr said:
This is why I support safe storage laws. A simple trigger lock would have prevented this.
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You did notice that fact that these Idiots don't actually comply with The Law, re-read the story me thinks ya missed a fine point.
 
vegas giants said:
The NRA will fight you on that....and that is why these kids are dying
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The NRA is anti-gun so I don't think they'll fight as hard as you think.
 
Tlrmln said:
A trigger lock would only prevent this if the parents put it on the gun. Trigger locks are available now, but for some reason they didn't have one.
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Right, so make them mandatory and prosecute negligence.
 
Casper said:
You did notice that fact that these Idiots don't actually comply with the law....
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That's what prisons are for.

We pass a safe storage law, some kid inevitably dies because someone out there doesn't obey the law, and then that person spends the next decade in prison as an example to all other gun owners. The result: an increase in voluntary compliance with the law and fewer dead kids.
 
Wayne Jr said:
That's what prisons are for.

We pass a safe storage law, some kid inevitably dies because someone out there doesn't obey the law, and then that person spends the next decade in prison as an example to all other gun owners. The result: an increase in voluntary compliance with the law and fewer dead kids.
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I have no small children in my home, and if some do visit we secure tgem. Otherwise there in no place in my home that one is more than 12 feet away from a loaded firearm. It takes seconds for one to lose their security bubble, it also takes seconds to regain it. Thing is you want to put a burden on lawful gun owners when the problem dies not lie with them and will not be resolved by restricting them.
Let me ask a question, how long from the time you call 911 does it take for LawEnforcement to show, in the rural area I live in average is 20 minutes, sometimes far longer?
No, not locking up all my firearms, some are, some not, and for good reason.
 
Casper said:
I have no small children in my home, and if some do visit we secure tgem. Otherwise there in no place in my home that one is more than 12 feet away from a loaded firearm. It takes seconds for one to lose their security bubble, it also takes seconds to regain it. Thing is you want to put a burden on lawful gun owners when the problem dies not lie with them and will not be resolved by restricting them.
Let me ask a question, how long from the time you call 911 does it take for law enforcement to show, in the rural area I live in average is 20 minutes, sometimes far longer?
No, not locking up all my firearms, some are, some not, and for good reason.
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Careful expressing opinions in public, posts like that in the right places will get you Red Flagged now. If you aren't willing to secure your firearms then you should not have firearms in the first place.
 
Casper said:
I have no small children in my home, and if some do visit we secure tgem. Otherwise there in no place in my home that one is more than 12 feet away from a loaded firearm. It takes seconds for one to lose their security bubble, it also takes seconds to regain it. Thing is you want to put a burden on lawful gun owners when the problem dies not lie with them and will not be resolved by restricting them.
Let me ask a question, how long from the time you call 911 does it take for LawEnforcement to show, in the rural area I live in average is 20 minutes, sometimes far longer?
No, not locking up all my firearms, some are, some not, and for good reason.
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The conclusion I draw from your post is that your firearms are not locked up because you are afraid
 
Wayne Jr said:
Careful expressing opinions in public, posts like that in the right places will get you Red Flagged now. If you aren't willing to secure your firearms then you should not have firearms in the first place.
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You have me confused with someone that cares what others think my Rights are.......
 
justabubba said:
The conclusion I draw from your post is that your firearms are not locked up because you are afraid
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And your conclusion is incorrect, keep thinking on it and try again when you are ready......
 
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