How can people be so careless and stupid to allow something like this to happen? When I was a kid, my mom checked my backpack before I left for school to be sure I wasn't taking anything I wasn't supposed to have at school.
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Last Wednesday, a 9-year-old third grader in Bremerton, Washington brought a loaded .45 pistol to school with him in his backpack. He had taken the gun from his mother’s house, and he had told classmates of his plans to run away from home and use the weapon for protection.
Tragically, the gun was cocked and loaded within the boy’s backpack. It accidentally fired and a bullet struck one of the boy’s classmates, an 8-year-old girl, in the stomach.
The young girl is still in critical condition in a Washington hospital, and faces several more surgeries on the way to recovery. The boy was released from jail on bond to the custody of his father.
How many times do we have to hear about tragedies such as this one before parents start taking gun safety seriously? Both of these children are innocent victims in this case, while the woman who allowed her son access to a loaded gun is criminally negligent.
The Second Amendment’s right to bear arms does not include the right to be careless with the operation and safekeeping of firearms, especially in homes with young children. Kids are curious by nature, and they have no real understanding of the consequences of their actions.
If you own guns and have children living in your residence, keep your weapons unloaded and locked away if possible. Also, talk to your children about the dangers of guns, and about the importance of never handling them by themselves.
For people who don’t take the necessary precautions, they are completely to blame for their child’s actions. The mother of the boy in Washington is just as responsible for this incident as if she had fired the gun herself.</div></div>
Source – Tazewell Times
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Last Wednesday, a 9-year-old third grader in Bremerton, Washington brought a loaded .45 pistol to school with him in his backpack. He had taken the gun from his mother’s house, and he had told classmates of his plans to run away from home and use the weapon for protection.
Tragically, the gun was cocked and loaded within the boy’s backpack. It accidentally fired and a bullet struck one of the boy’s classmates, an 8-year-old girl, in the stomach.
The young girl is still in critical condition in a Washington hospital, and faces several more surgeries on the way to recovery. The boy was released from jail on bond to the custody of his father.
How many times do we have to hear about tragedies such as this one before parents start taking gun safety seriously? Both of these children are innocent victims in this case, while the woman who allowed her son access to a loaded gun is criminally negligent.
The Second Amendment’s right to bear arms does not include the right to be careless with the operation and safekeeping of firearms, especially in homes with young children. Kids are curious by nature, and they have no real understanding of the consequences of their actions.
If you own guns and have children living in your residence, keep your weapons unloaded and locked away if possible. Also, talk to your children about the dangers of guns, and about the importance of never handling them by themselves.
For people who don’t take the necessary precautions, they are completely to blame for their child’s actions. The mother of the boy in Washington is just as responsible for this incident as if she had fired the gun herself.</div></div>
Source – Tazewell Times
