Texas Dad Pretends to Shoot His 9-Year-Old Daughter — and Then Accidentally Shoots Her

[Liberal_in_LA]

Texas man’s sons said their father was pretending to shoot their older sister when the weapon accidentally fired and shot the girl.

Justin Ryan Jones, of Austin, was arrested last week in connection with the Feb. 4 shooting, which left the girl in critical condition, reported the Temple Daily Telegram.

The 30-year-old Jones was watching his three children at their grandparents’ house in Moffat, where they live.

His sons, ages 7 and 6, told investigators that Jones held his handgun in both hands and was pretending to shoot the children while playing in the dining room.

The older boy said his father pulled the trigger to make a clicking sound the boys liked, and the gun fired — shooting their 9-year-old sister in the upper chest.

The girl underwent multiple surgeries to treat her wounds, but Bell County sheriff’s deputies said she was expected to recover.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/texas-dad-pretends-shoot-his-9-year-old-daughter-and-then-accidentally-shoots-her

[longship]

1. "his father pulled the trigger to make a clicking sound the boys liked"

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Click! Click! BANG!

Guns aren't toys, Daddy.

[Person 2713]

2. Sounds like some game they play all the time. If you can afford a gun you can afford a frisbee

[MariaThinks]

27. this is the gun culture

[longship]

36. Until somebody you love is dead, that is.

Far too often that is a result when all one has to do is pull a trigger.

No click this time. My bad!

But the kids loved the click!!!!

Throw him in the clink and throw away the keys.

[7wo7rees]

3. Jeebus! Sick, sad, where is Jesus on the trailer fron

Florida? We so wish to not live in Texas anymore.

[meow2u3]

4. Try using an actual toy gun instead of a real one

There's no excuse to play Russian roulette with your own daughter, dumbass gun humper. Now you're paying for it, papa.

[MrsMatt]

11. Unfortunately,

he's not the only one paying for it.

Poor girl.

[Inkfreak]

5. What a piece of shit.

It's not a toy, stupid.

[MagickMuffin]

6. Why would daddy want to pretend to shoot his own children???

"Bang-Bang"

Bang bang you shot me down
Bang bang I hit the ground
Bang bang that awful sound
Bang bang my baby shot me down

I was five and you were six
We rode on horses made of sticks I wore black you wore white
You would always win the fight

Bang bang you shot me down
Bang bang I hit the ground
Bang bang that awful sound
Bang bang my baby shot me down

Seasons came and changed the time
I grew up I called you mine
You would always laugh and say
Remember when we used to play

Bang bang you shot me down
Bang bang I hit the ground
Bang bang that awful sound
Bang bang my baby shot me down

Music played and people sang
Just for me the church bells rang
After echoes from a gun
We both vowed that we'd be one

Now you're gone I don't know why
Sometimes I cry
You didn't say goodbye
You didn't take the time to lie

Bang bang you shot me down
Bang bang I hit the ground
Bang bang that awful sound
Bang bang my baby shot me down

Cher: 1966

[enough]

7. What a "tragic accident." (nt)

[Vinca]

8. It was a joke! Daddy's a joker! Ha, ha . . .

Time to pick out another casket. Dad will probably opt for gun metal gray.

[Ilsa]

9. Don't they teach you not to do this in Gun Safety classes?

Assuming, of course, that common sense is unavailable. Classes aren't required to own a gun, from what I hear.

[JHB]

12. Any gun safety course puts this in the "never do" category...

...but either he wasn't required to take one or just ignored it.

[Mariana]

17. This jackass knew you're not supposed to do that.

"Handle every gun as if it's loaded." "Never point a gun at anything you don't intend to shoot." Etc. You don't need a class to know these things. Pretending to shoot your children and calling it a "game" is child abuse anyway. He belongs in prison and the children belong in another home.

[Ilsa]

24. I mentioned "common sense"; it's "NA" for the jackass. nt

[Mariana]

25. I think you're assuming

this jackass was pretending to shoot his daughter as a game out of ignorance or as you say, lack of common sense. I don't believe that. I think he knew perfectly well it was wrong.

[lindysalsagal]

10. Every day, americans prove we cannot handle gun responsibility.

And yet, we don't do anything to change gun laws.

Sometimes, our representative government leaves the children in charge.

And proves that Republicans aren't at all pro-life.

[Codeine]

13. We had lots of guns growing up, and an absolute rule

that no gun was EVER to be pointed at ANYONE, even toy guns. We were taught to assume a gun was always loaded and should be treated with caution.

What a piece of shit this "father" is.

[laundry_queen]

31. We had no guns growing up

and were taught the same rule.

[Solly Mack]

14. Com'on kids! Let's play Daddy murders his children!

That's a fucked-up family dynamic.

[Wounded Bear]

15. "She'll recover"

Yeah, right.

[Crunchy Frog]

16. "Man shoots daughter in cold blood" would be the better headline.

The other alternative is that guns are suddenly achieving sentience, and acting autonomously, of their own free will. If that's the case, maybe the issue of greater regulation should be reexamined.

Hope Daddy spends lots of time in prison, and is allowed no further contact with his children while they're still minors.

[Initech]

18. But was the precious gun hurt?

[struggle4progress]

19. "I'm a wild and crazy guy!"

[sarisataka]

20. It isn't rocket science

Toy

Not Toy

Fucking Idiot

[Kaleva]

21. Apparently the children live with the grandparents and the father was visiting the kids.

He told the police he was showing the children gun safety.

"Jones, 30, of Austin is charged with injury to a child, a first-degree felony, and remained in the Bell County Jail on Monday in lieu of $25,000 bail, jail records showed.

Jones reportedly told a Bell County Sheriff’s Department deputy he was showing his children gun safety when the gun he was holding fired and shot his 9-year-old daughter."

http://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_17fe1102-d9d9-11e5-a0e1-0fbadc251562.html

[rjsquirrel]

32. Let me show you gun safety kids

Me losing my guns and going to jail.

[Mariana]

34. Well, he succeeded in teaching them all gun safety, then.

Now they know exactly what can happen if you point a gun at someone and pull the trigger. I'd guess they'll never do that after this lesson.

[Crunchy Frog]

38. "Guns fire all by themselves."

"That's today's lesson, kids."

[robertgodardfromnj]

22. What a stupid idiot.

His daughter should be taken away from him. Poor girl.

[rjsquirrel]

30. His guns too

One "accident" that harms anyone should cost you gun "rights."

[Crunchy Frog]

39. Shooting your own children should cost you your "child rights" as well.

[uppityperson]

23. "the weapon accidentally fired"? Argh. How about "he accidentally shot her"

What an awful thing for everyone involved.

[jberryhill]

26. Yep

Who could have predicted what happens when you point a gun at someone and pull the trigger.

Completely mystifying freak accident.

[rjsquirrel]

28. Just more responsible gun ownership

in gunnutisstan.

[tazkcmo]

29. The largest hole in the world

Is the one in the heart created by the death of one's child. Double it if the parent inadvertently caused the death.

This is too much for me. Have a nice day DU.

[Jim Beard]

33. If he hasn't been convicted, he can still vote for tRUMP this coming Monday.

[Kaleva]

35. This phenomenon has yet to be explained

The best minds in the world haven't been able to figure out why, when a gun is pointed at someone and the trigger is pulled, that the gun somehow accidentally goes off and the person who the gun was pointing at gets shot.

[BeyondGeography]

37. Mix a little boredom with a whole lot of stupid

Just add gun.

[WinkyDink]

40. It takes a special kind of moron to think "pretending to shoot" is "fun." Sub-conscious wish?

[tblue37]

41. Until they do such irresponsible things, you can't distinguish between a responsible

gun owner and an irresponsible one. But inside many "responsible" gun owners there probably lurks an irresponsible gun owner just waiting for opportune circumstances to reveal himself.

[BuelahWitch]

42. Poor little girl!