Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/03/05/boy-10-years-old-fires-gun.html
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Shed control rights groups grow nervous.
It’s a sorry state of affairs that the fact that no one died this time makes it notably better than the unusual outcome.
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Don’t worry folks, conservatives will blame Fortnite for the standoff instead of how INCREDIBLY EASY IT WAS for a 10 year old to get ahold of a shotgun.
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A totally normal thing that happens all the time in civilized countries.
Thankfully no one was hurt. This time.
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Lock up your guns. Goes double if you have kids in the house.
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Don’t call the cops on your kid.
I’m not sure which of these should be more obvious.
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If you have a child subject to “an emotional and mental crisis,” why do you also have an easily accessible shotgun, for God’s sake? For that matter, if you have a child why the fuck do you have an easily accessible shotgun? No doubt this will be a “no true responsible gun owner” ting, but the fact is, if you don’t have your gun locked up and inaccessible, you are not a responsible gun owner!
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I’m sure they’ll also blame whoever owned the gun. So do I, for that matter.
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A police lieutenant commended the “extreme restraint” shown by officers not to return fire when the boy turned the shotgun on them.
Almost a miracle, one would think these days. Although I’m tempted to speculate that this may have had something to do with it:
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If your kid is holed up with weapons including a gun, likely making threats, what would you recommend? Bearing in mind, many mass shooting by children begin with the parents getting murdered.
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I’m sure the kid was white since he survived the encounter.
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Sadly, “liking” your post multiple times merely toggles it =/.
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A shotgun blast and two-hour standoff? I hope the kid gets the help he needs. I also wish Tamir Rice had been shown the same restraint by police. A Cleveland cop shot him less than three seconds after arriving at the scene.
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Remember: the only thing that can stop a child with a gun is a whole nation full of children with guns.
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In some families, a 10 year old boy has ready access to his own weapons cache. Some good friends of the family were like that.
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We are now truly nose deep in The Age of Relativism.
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I mean, I had a pellet gun and a wrist rocket when I was that age, and I knew one kid who had a .22, when he was about 12, but even out where I grew up, most people didn’t leave their guns just lying around.
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