An idiot in Michigan decided to not follow the assumption that a gun is always loaded. Instead, he figured that since a gun had been in storage for awhile that it wasn't loaded.
As result, his 12yr old son is now dead!
(He was cleaning gun which he thought was unloaded, but didn't bother to actually check!)
My opinion? This guy should be throw in jail.
Amy
Perhaps. I guess I'm just really upset that people like HIM make people like US (legal, responsible gun owners) look bad.
Amy
Quoting Armywife6:It's people like this that make the rest of us gun owners look bad. I agree that he should be charged but I don't think jail time is appropriate he should be forced to have to go to schools & or other places to speak about gun safety.
I feel sorry for him. His son's dead. None of us are perfect and we'd like to think we'd act smarter but I'm going to be empathetic so Karma will pass that on to me next time I do something stupid.
Since we don't know the details and the media tend to make things look sorted for the "STORY", it's hard to comment. Of course, it does make us gun slinging folk look bad but that's probably the point.
I agree. And I'm so sad about his poor son.
Quoting CosmicMomma:
I feel sorry for him. His son's dead. None of us are perfect and we'd like to think we'd act smarter but I'm going to be empathetic so Karma will pass that on to me next time I do something stupid.
Since we don't know the details and the media tend to make things look sorted for the "STORY", it's hard to comment. Of course, it does make us gun slinging folk look bad but that's probably the point.
I feel horrible for him.
Accidents happen.
You say say they won't with you...because you are uber responsible and all that jazz...but they are called "accidents" for a reason.
My neighbor was shot in the head...because a gun misfired. Lawsuit ensued...he was awarded damages. It wasn't mishandling of the gun, it was the gun.
A coworker's son, who had grown up around guns and was a competitive shooter...knew all about gun safety..blah blah blah (everything all you "responsible gun owners" teach your kids), had one accident with his gun and is now dead.
Accidents happen.
I don't think that man needs jail to be punished. I'd bet he is suffering enough. Why would anyone want to heap more onto him?
There is a HUGE difference in a true accident and in irresponsibility. THAT was irresponsibility. Just as a drunk driving causing an accident is charged if he causes a car crash because he was irresponsible (not to mention breaking the law).
This guy will probably be charged with something because Michigan law states that if a child is injured as a result of your gun, then you will be held criminally liable.
If the story, as reported, is a true version of events, then the father was irresponsible by not checking to see if the gun was loaded before he began cleaning it.
An accident would be a misfire during target shooting...if the gun had been properly cleaned and maintained. (Again...if a misfire is because a gun was not properly cleaned & maintained that it is due to irresponsibility.)
Amy
I've said it before and I'll say it again, it's a shame that just anyone can have kids. A basic level of common since should tell anyone not to point a gun at anyone and shoot it!!
I doubt anything the law can do to him will be worse than the punishment he is putting himself through but I do think he should be charged with something.
I read the stories about parents who 'accidently' kill their children...the one with the woman who didn't correctly buckle kids, or the one who took her infant of seat, this one...while I think there should be some justice I seriously doubt that anything they are sentenced with can begin to compare to the knowledge you killed your child...I don't know if I could go on...
and what "generation" are you?
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- moneysaver6
on Mar. 5, 2009 at 10:26 AM