Girl mistakes gun for Wii controller - kills herself

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ocean-1984 said:

Sharky54 said:
Heres the thing.

Guns are good as they protect us.

Guns are bad as accidents like this happen.

However, my uncle has always had a bunch of guns for hunting and self defense. 4 children grew up in his house. We never saw any of the guns until we were well into our teens. It comes down on the owner to properly take care to make sure accidents do not happen.

Guns are good?? WTF. 

Protect from what?? Other idiots with guns.

If there was no guns, there would be no need to have them for protection and no 3 year old dead...

I know you don't live in one of the most free parts of the US (NH, CO, WY...) so you may not understand the freedom culture.  But yes, to millions of folks in the US, guns are good.  Is a gun as good as a car to me?  Likely not.  But it certainly more important and useful than videogames.  The government isn't here to protect me.  But my armed friends and I are.  I don't want to die, thus I have a gun.