Children Sacrificed to Pay for Easy Access to Guns

[Anonymous]

July 21, 2016 -- TEXAS CITY -- Police in southeast Texas say a 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old brother in the leg after finding a handgun in his home. Police say the 5-year-old had found the handgun in a bedroom and shot his brother in his right thigh. Police say a family member then rushed into the bedroom and called 911.

[Anonymous]

July 22, 2016 -- A Savannah boy died Wednesday after accidentally shooting himself at his grandfather's Jones County home.

Thomas Paisie III, 7, died from a single gunshot wound to the eye, according to a Jones County Sheriff's Office incident report. The child's grandfather, Thomas Paisie, was in the shower when he heard a loud bang, the report states.

Deputies were called to the home at 113 Horseshoe Bend Court about 1 p.m. They were told that the child's grandfather went downstairs after hearing the bang and found the boy face down on the floor, the report states.

The child's aunt, Jennifer Mitchum, told deputies she entered the home and saw her father leaning over the child. Paisie turned his grandson over and started doing chest compressions, the report states. Mitchum called 911.

Deputies found that the boy had a gunshot to his eye. Investigators determined that he pulled a chair up to a gun cabinet in the living room and removed a gun that was in a holster on top of the cabinet, the report states. From the bullet entry, "it appears that the juvenile was looking down the barrel when the gun went off," the report states.

The child was visiting from Savannah before going back to school.

http://www.macon.com/news/local/article91272852.html#storylink=cpy
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/ga-boy-dies-after-shooting-himself-in-eye/279723640
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local/jones-county-boy-accidentally-shoots-self-dies/279712893

[Anonymous]

It's sad the GOP refuses to take action despite overwhelming support just because of their dependency on NRA $$$$.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's sad the GOP refuses to take action despite overwhelming support just because of their dependency on NRA $$$$.

What actions do you advocate that will address these tragedies? If it's not outright confiscation, you're wasting your time.

And good look with gun confiscation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If our society chooses to have easy access to guns, part of the price we pay is two year olds getting shot. Is the price worth it?

What an idiotic thing to say. We choose to make it very easy to obtain a driver's license, part of the price we pay is two year olds getting killed in accidents. Is the price worth it?

Yes, that's exactly the right question of costs versus benefits.

And yes, our society considers the cost of some people dying in auto accidents to be worth the benefit of easy transportation for millions of people. But we try to reduce that cost by imposing fairly strict controls on who is allowed to drive, tests those drivers have to take, high insurance costs for drivers, lots of speed limits and other rules to keep drivers safe, penalties when drivers are being unsafe, strict controls on auto manufacturers to make their cars safer, mandatory seatbelts, etc.

Now let's ask the same question about easy access to guns. The societal benefits of guns are a lot less than cars. Also, those benefits are highly concentrated in just the relatively small pool of gun owners. We see lots of costs of people dying needlessly from guns, including many children. We also see lots of costs from guns being misused for criminal purposes to rob people. There are other costs as well. So what has our society done to try to reduce those costs? Not much. There are far fewer restrictions on guns, or efforts to make guns safe.

As I wrote in my original posts, I'm not advocating for the elimination of all guns. I'm just trying to highlight the high human costs of easy access, and encourage people to consider why our society hasn't taken steps to reduce those costs.

Any chance you want to do a similar highlight thread for Americans killed by undocumented immigrants? Benefits of the additional labor vs cost of not enforcing our immigration laws?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If our society chooses to have easy access to guns, part of the price we pay is two year olds getting shot. Is the price worth it?

What an idiotic thing to say. We choose to make it very easy to obtain a driver's license, part of the price we pay is two year olds getting killed in accidents. Is the price worth it?

Yes, that's exactly the right question of costs versus benefits.

And yes, our society considers the cost of some people dying in auto accidents to be worth the benefit of easy transportation for millions of people. But we try to reduce that cost by imposing fairly strict controls on who is allowed to drive, tests those drivers have to take, high insurance costs for drivers, lots of speed limits and other rules to keep drivers safe, penalties when drivers are being unsafe, strict controls on auto manufacturers to make their cars safer, mandatory seatbelts, etc.

Now let's ask the same question about easy access to guns. The societal benefits of guns are a lot less than cars. Also, those benefits are highly concentrated in just the relatively small pool of gun owners. We see lots of costs of people dying needlessly from guns, including many children. We also see lots of costs from guns being misused for criminal purposes to rob people. There are other costs as well. So what has our society done to try to reduce those costs? Not much. There are far fewer restrictions on guns, or efforts to make guns safe.

As I wrote in my original posts, I'm not advocating for the elimination of all guns. I'm just trying to highlight the high human costs of easy access, and encourage people to consider why our society hasn't taken steps to reduce those costs.

Any chance you want to do a similar highlight thread for Americans killed by undocumented immigrants? Benefits of the additional labor vs cost of not enforcing our immigration laws?

Go ahead and start your own thread. "Illegals" were mention on page 2 or 3 or this thread.

[Anonymous]

July 26, 2016 -- DUNKIRK, N.Y. -- Police say a four-year-old boy was playing with a gun Monday night inside a house on South Roberts Road in Dunkirk when it went off and shot him.

[Anonymous]

July 27, 2016 -- HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS (KTRK) -- A 5-year-old boy was shot in the face Tuesday night inside a northwest Harris County home. Investigators are looking into whether the boy found the gun and accidentally shot himself. Deputies say they have spoken to his parents. The boy is in critical condition.

[Anonymous]

July 26, 2016 -- MERIDIAN, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
A 1-month old baby was shot at Western Gardens apartment complex over the weekend in Meridian. Sergeant Dareall Thompson told WTOK that the little boy was accidentally shot by another child Saturday night.

[Anonymous]

August 1, 2016 -- PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say a 5-year-old boy has accidentally been shot in the hand.
http://lancasteronline.com/news/pennsylvania/cops--year-old-philadelphia-boy-accidentally-shot-in-hand/article_37c2a4f6-3363-5c1b-89db-9916d2d3352c.html

[Anonymous]

August 1, 2016 -- Greenville, NC -- A 4-year-old accidentally shot himself in his home, the Greenville Police Department said.
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2016/08/01/greenville-police-boy-4-accidentally-shoots-himself/87905632/

[Anonymous]

August 1, 2016 -- Elmira, NY -- Elmira police have now confirmed that they are investigating the death of a 12-year-old from over the weekend.

Police were called to a home on West Hudson Street around 6:50 p.m. Saturday night after receiving reports of a gunshot.

http://www.twcnews.com/nys/binghamton/news/2016/08/1/elmira-boy-shot-gun-accident-death-west-hudson-street.html

[Anonymous]

August 1, 2016 - HOUSTON (KTRK) -- An 11-year-old previously believed to be dead is now in critical condition after he accidentally shot himself in the neck, Houston police say.
http://abc13.com/news/11-year-old-boy-accidentally-shoots-himself-in-the-neck/1451742/

I have an 11 year old child ....

[Anonymous]

August 5, 2016 (South Carolina) -- The 12-year-old died and the 7-year-old was treated and released. On Wednesday, Florence County coroner Keith von Lutcken identified the child accidentally killed as Mason Powell of Coward. The press release says investigators believe an 11-year-old gained access to a handgun and accidentally fired it once, striking both victims with one round. At the time, all three children were being watched by a 15-year-old babysitter.

[Anonymous]

Idaho boy, 6, dies after accidentally shooting himself, sheriff says
Originally published August 8, 2016 at 9:48 am Updated August 8, 2016 at 9:56 am
The 6-year-old boy found the gun in a bedroom and started playing with it when it fired, authorities say.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/sheriff-idaho-child-dies-after-accidentally-shooting-himself/