Three-year-old Texas boy dies after accidentally shooting himself

[juiceyjay]

A 3-year-old Texas boy who shot himself at a Houston-area home over the weekend died on Monday from the wound, officials said.

The boy's grandparents were babysitting him and had put him down for a nap. They later heard a gunshot and found the boy had shot himself, police said.

"When they went in to check on him, he had apparently located a .380 semiautomatic pistol that was in the bedroom and had apparently accidentally shot himself in the head," Sergeant Ben Beall of the Harris County Sheriff's Office was quoted as saying by broadcaster KHOU.

A grand jury will investigate the case that took place in Spring, north of Houston, to see if anyone will face charges over the incident.

http://news.yahoo.com/three-old-texa...211132391.html

[UACdarknova]

Ban 3-year olds

But man that's really terrible. Very unfortunate that the parents were this irresponsible to leave a loaded gun so accessible.

[anonymous]

in on 300 page gun debate thread

[nick753]

ban texas

[BioDiver]

Pleasantly surprised by all the comments in the article.

And in on page one

[Marronis]

Terrible parenting. A 3 year old shouldn't be able to get to a gun.

[Marie646]

I hate people srs

That's so sad and all they had to do was secure that gun correctly.

[YIAMSOMEBODY]

Youza plum fukcin' fool if you don't have the common sense to put your gun(s) away when you have children in the home. Or at least, put a trigger guard on the damn thing.

Now a kid is dead because of negligence.

Fry these *******s.....sh** is upsetting man.

[AlphaBrahCom]

Ban grandparents. Very sad indeed.

[Lolzing]

If the gun wasnt there, he would just have found another way to kill himself, right?

[cashinout]

why was there a round in the chamber

[Mechanon84]

why was there a round in the chamber

Because Texas.

[anonymous]

If the gun wasnt there, he would just have found another way to kill himself, right?

[HankScorp1o]

in on 300 page gun debate thread

This. Gun ownership comes with serious responsibility, as with anything else that can be potentially harmful.

[nutsy54]

Negligent Homicide charges (and hopefully conviction) for one or both grandparents

[TrainerRed]

in on 300 page gun debate thread

This.

[donnyra]

I dont really know how guns work being english and all, but cant you just leave the clip out and next to the gun and just load it up when theres a burglar in the house. wouldn't that take a second to do?
why keep it loaded is what im saying.

[nutsy54]

I dont really know how guns work being english and all, but cant you just leave the clip out and next to the gun and just load it up when theres a burglar in the house. wouldn't that take a second to do?
why keep it loaded is what im saying.

The are any number of ways. The bottom line is that a gun shouldn't have been anyplace except a locked safe with a child in the house.

[DoctorHitch]

Discussion

[icedtea52]

and here... we ... go...

[suave2000]

inb4 the MFC propaganda directorate crew spweing how guns save 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 999999999 lives per second...

brb

[Ikeman83]

First off, .380? Poverty.

Second, Grandma and Grandpa ****ed up. Badly. There's nothing wrong with keeping loaded guns in your home. Putting a 3 year old in a room, alone, with a loaded gun, on the other hand, might as well be murder.

[anonymous]

Spot for sale

[suave2000]

I dont really know how guns work being english and all, but cant you just leave the clip out and next to the gun and just load it up when theres a burglar in the house. wouldn't that take a second to do?
why keep it loaded is what im saying.

inb4 you get negged into oblivion by gun nuts because confusing a clip and a magazine is a HORRIBLE thing to do...

[SUR14]

And here we go.

[suave2000]

If the gun wasnt there, he would just have found another way to kill himself, right?

ayyyyy lmao

[nutsy54]

inb4 you get negged into oblivion by gun nuts because confusing a clip and a magazine is a HORRIBLE thing to do...

You really are just a hate-filled, pathetic troll.

His question was politely answered, while you've only spewed insults, personal attacks, and ignorance.

[Ikeman83]

I dont really know how guns work being english and all, but cant you just leave the clip out and next to the gun and just load it up when theres a burglar in the house. wouldn't that take a second to do?
why keep it loaded is what im saying.

.380s are generally small, pocket pistols with limited capacity. Keeping a round in the chamber is a 12-20% increase in capacity for most of them. Pistols are really weak, and do a poor job of incapacitating criminals. Chances are that you're going to need every round you've got if you ever have to actually fire a pocket gun.

In addition, Grandma and Grandpa's fine motor skills, at night, under adrenaline in the seconds they have during a home invasion to arm themselves are probably not good enough to load a mag, rack the slide, and fire.

This is why keeping a round in the chamber is smart, however, you have to recognize that there's a 3 year old in the house, and not leave them in the room, alone, with an unlocked, loaded gun.

[suave2000]

You really are just a hate-filled, pathetic troll.

His question was politely answered, while you've only spewed insults, personal attacks, and ignorance.

says the 45 year old right wing troll ( or bot maybe)

[Celebrate]

ban naps