8-year-old boy accidentally shoots mother at baseball game, gun owner charged

[Calista241]

Source: NBC News

A Tennessee mother was hospitalized in critical condition after her 8-year-old son accidentally shot her at a college baseball game, police said.

The gun's owner, Charles McFarland Jr., was arrested and faces charges of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon.

The mother and son were at the annual Babe Howard Classic game Tuesday night at the U.S.A Baseball Stadium in Millington, about 30 minutes north of Memphis, when the boy found a loaded gun while playing inside an antique World War II jeep belonging to McFarland, authorities said.

The jeep had been on display as part of a celebration the stadium holds for veterans, the Millington Police Department said in a press release.



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[groundloop]

1. And there's no need to regulate gun owners in any manner... they're all very responsible

[Maine-i-acs]

2. If only the Mom had a gun too!

she could have defended herself
more guns is the answer
/sarcasm

[JohnnyRingo]

3. hahaha

Perfect!

[Honeycombe8]

4. That's nutso negligent. Wow. Not locked in a glove compartment, and loaded?

That's amazingly negligent. As he now knows.

[ManiacJoe]

7. The WW2 jeep will not have a lock on the glove compartment.

Yes, very negligent. There is no excuse for unsecured firearms.

[Honeycombe8]

8. Then he should have added a lock.

A gun in a vehicle needs to be locked up and unloaded. If it doesn't have a locked area, then you add one, or you don't carry in that vehicle.

What he did is such a stupid thing. I live in an area full of guns. I don't know anyone who would do something so stupid.

I have carried my gun in my car when traveling. I keep it in its holder in the car body, unlocked. But I'm IN the car. When I reach my destination, the first thing I grab is my gun, put it in my luggage, and take it in with me.

[ManiacJoe]

9. Most likely as to what actually happened

is that the gun was in the bag from a previous use, and the bag was mistakenly left in the jeep for this show. Bad inventory control.
Still, no excuse.

[Progressive Jones]

14. Ammosexuality is rampant in the US, especially "down there". nt

[RhodeIslandOne]

15. You never know when you might have to fire....

....on some "thugs playing the rap music".

That is how they roll down there.

[paleotn]

13. Better yet....

leave the goddamn thing at home. UM / UT-M baseball games aren't know for armed assailants.

[Grins]

12. More likely there was no glove box

WWII “Jeep”, was really basic, slapped together to be versatile and a snap to repair/replace, so I doubt it had one at all! It’s been a while but I don’t think my Jeep when I was in the army in the early 70’s had one either.

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Reminds me of the kid killed at a Naval Air Base, randomly typed in the activate code and ejected.

[iluvtennis]

6. OMG. I hope the mom pulls through. So tragic. Fkn gun nuts drinking a gun to a game. nt

[marble falls]

10. A guy from our church went to Houston, staying at a motel off I-10 heard someone smash ...

a back passenger side window reach in and grab a handgun out of the console. After cops left at 4:30am, someone broke the driver's window and took one out of the driver's door pocket.

I know he had at least one more on him.

Too many guns.

[FakeNoose]

11. The only way to stop a bad kid with a gun is a ...

... Oh never mind!

[FreepFryer]

16. That poor kid will spend the rest of his life wishing that gun just hadn't been there.

I hope he doesn’t lose his mom.

[lostnfound]

17. Please please PLEASE let her recover fully. Oh god. Nt