Fatal Shooting of 8-Year-Old Girl by 11-Year-Old Boy Reveals Hidden Epidemic in America

[tencats]

The latest, an 8-year-old girl is dead in Jefferson County, Tennessee, after her neighbor's 11-year-old son attacked her with a 12-gauge shotgun. http://mic.com/articles/126298/fatal-shooting-of-8-year-old-girl-by-11-year-old-boy-reveals-hidden-epidemic-in-americ

WBIR reports Sheriff Bud McCoig told reporters the boy obtained his father's shotgun inside the house and used it to shoot the girl, identified by neighbors as Maykayla Dyer.

Local resident Chasity Arwood told the station the boy wanted "to see a puppy" Dyer was playing with, before "the little girl laughed and told him no, and that was it."

WBIR Staff, WBIR 11:16 a.m. EDT October 5, 2015
http://www.wbir.com/story/news/2015/10/04/fatal-shooting/73329258/|

[onehandle]

1. Guns are handy.

As if it was necessary...

[NightWatcher]

2. "Hidden epidemic"? I'm pretty sure hundreds are killed each year by guns here

Derp

[oswaldactedalone]

3. Poor kid

but remember, guns don't kill people, people kill people.

[malaise]

4. Two families and an entire neighborhood shattered

There are too many fucking guns - kids are now settling silly disputes with guns.

[Snobblevitch]

5. The boy should not have had access to the gun.

In my state there is a law that says in homes with minors, all guns need to be either disabled or locked up. Ammunition needs to be locked up separately.

[whereisjustice]

6. This is why any person who has a gun which is used in a crime they should be charged with a felony

This means if you own it, you are responsible for it.

And

If you lose it or it is stolen - you pay a $1000 fine, first offense. $5000 second offense. Jail third offense.

[Rex]

7. This part.

"in a just world, the death and injury of so many children by firearm would elicit not just shock and prayers, but also calls for effective action to reduce the violence. But in the U.S., the culture of gun rights is so entrenched that prominent Republican candidate for president and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush dismissed a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, by saying "stuff happens," a position mirrored by much of the GOP field."

[Initech]

8. Moron parents who own guns don't keep them locked up??