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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That kid knew what he was doing.  Something else is going on in that story.  I honestly call bullshit on the police calling it an accident.  I'm curious if the weapon was locked away fully loaded, though.

Not that it makes it less awful, but that's not the same as a kid just finding a weapon laying around.[/quote]

Not sure how you draw that conclusion.  If it had been a 7 year old shooting his 5 year old sister who was asleep on the couch, you'd have no different basis to judge the situation, but you'd nevertheless not assume it was intentional.

Regardless, it's yet another example of a child's life being destroyed by our supposed "need" to have easy access to guns for everyone.[/quote]

Look, I'm one of the people arguing for your side of things.  I think parents who leave loaded weapons where kids can get a hold of them should be charged.

But, no, my read of this story is that this wasn't an accident.  Did he sleepwalk to find the gun safe key?  And then sleep walk into the bedroom to shoot his stepdad?  And it wouldn't have been an accident if he'd shot a sleeping sibling, either.  Obviously, he's a minor and can't be charged with murder and man, this is awful.  But it wasn't an accident.[/quote]

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