4-year old boy kills father "over Playstation"

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crissindahouse said:

superchunk said:
Agree with others as this has nothing to do with gun control and everything to do with parenting.

1) If you are a gun owner, your children must be taught about guns and gun safety.
2) If you are a gun owner, you should NEVER simply lay your gun down on a table where others can grab it.

So sad.. and now this kid will be devastated his whole life.

sure but this would still not happen with a gun law like "you can't have a gun at home", if he wouldn't have one illegally then.

it's like people could drive as fast as they want in a city and if they have an accident "it's not a law issue, the driver should know that he can't drive so fast in a city"

but maybe it was the mother? telling the son "you have to say the police what i say you now" damn no clue but it's hard to belive that a kid like this takes the pistol and kills his father because he didn't get a playstation. I'm pretty sure the kid didn't understand that he won't see his father anymore for the rest of his life but it's crazy that he knew how to use the weapon when angry...

More kids drown each year in their own pools than kids that shoot people. Should we also make it illegal to not have personal pools?

No, we teach kids how to swim.

Every human has the right to protect themselves and their property. That is the purpose of a gun at home. Nations where you can't own a gun do not make the citizens safer. It just makes them more vulnerable to government.