7-year-old Auburn boy accidentally shoots sister in the leg

[maxsolomon]

Last edited Thu May 2, 2013, 06:30 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: KLEW TV, OR

AUBURN, Wash. -- A 9-year-old Auburn girl is recovering in a Seattle hospital after her 7-year-old brother accidentally shot her in the leg Wednesday night.

Auburn police say the kids were inside their home, located in the 4600 block of Auburn Way South, when the brother grabbed a .22 caliber rifle from another brother's closet.

Police are now trying to figure out if the children were home alone at the time. They have yet to file charges in the case, but the investigation is ongoing.


Read more: http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/7-year-old-Auburn-boy-accidentally-shoots-sister-in-the-leg-205721591.html

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Unload and secure your children's firearms, Gun Owning America.

[SunSeeker]

1. Sadly, these types of stories are becoming routine. nt

[get the red out]

2. Just another day of "freedumb"

[kimbutgar]

24. I love your word "free dumb"

Great description for the gun nuts and cultish right wingers (wrong wingers).

[maxsolomon]

3. They've always been routine. And that's the problem.

The Information Age just makes them accessible to the entire nation.

A culture of stupidity shouldn't be cojoined with a culture of guns.

[SunSeeker]

8. Agreed. But we haven't always had "youth guns" specially marketed to kids.

Or at least I don't remember it from when I was a kid...

[marshall]

11. kids left to their own devices

We used to call them latchkey kids. These days they keep getting younger and younger.

[SunSeeker]

12. I was a latchkey kid at 6. But there were no guns in the house. nt

[maxsolomon]

13. kids younger than 12 must have supervision in WA state

you can be 12 and watch younger children.

if they were alone, CPS will come a-knockin'. which they'll be doing anyway.

[SunSeeker]

14. Yup. We knew that. That's why we kept the door locked. My folks couldn't afford childcare. nt

[valerief]

4. If only he'd had 2 guns, it never would have happened. Gungeoneer logic. nt

[W T F]

5. When are these toddlers going to wise up and shoot the parent who gave them the gun?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. But this stuff doesn't happen all the time....

At least, that's what we were told.

[Dawgs]

9. This one doesn't count. No one died.

[Sunlei]

7. It's not an accident when one points a gun anywhere a person could be.

[maxsolomon]

10. This was a 2nd grader.

I don't know if you can imply intent.

[Crunchy Frog]

21. It's not an "accident" when an adult leaves a firearm

where a young child can access it.

If it were up to me, the parents would be charged with attempted murder.

[Little Star]

27. +1

[snappyturtle]

33. Really. That's what needs to be done to get these idiot parents

to wake up.

[ileus]

15. Always unload and secure non SD

firearms....it's really that simple.

[riverbendviewgal]

16. The children need to be taken away from their irresponsible parents

who endangered the children by letting the gun be accessible and loaded.

They take away kids from parents for lesser things.

[Redford]

17. ^^^^This, exactly

Some people are too stupid to take care of kids.

[marshall]

18. They weren't taking care of the kids

Not only did they have the guns accessible (and apparantly loaded) but the parents were also no on the premises. The kids were taking care of themselves.

[treestar]

19. Thank god he didn't kill her

Good grief why do people leave guns where kids can get them?

[Crunchy Frog]

20. Jesus fucking Christ, I'm getting so sick of this shit.

These shitty, gun nut parents who care more about their precious gun rights than they do about their own children's lives.

This is what "responsible gun ownership" looks like in this country.

[alp227]

22. Lewison, ID, not Portland. n/t

[maxsolomon]

23. ? It gives a specific address in Auburn, WA

In fact, it's on the Muckleshoot Reservation. I've driven past their house.

[alp227]

30. TV station is not from Portland. N/t

[maxsolomon]

31. Fixed.

I forgot there were other cities in OR.

[TroglodyteScholar]

25. We need to focus on mental health!

This kid was clearly a time bomb waiting to go off!

[Little Star]

26. "Let Free Dumb Ring!" What a stupid country we live in.

[CarrieLynne]

28. this one is close to home...

im in the next town over.....compared to kentucky, were a little more 'with it'...I thought....

[Jennicut]

29. Why do these people even have kids if they don't know how

to be parents? My daughters are nearly 8 and 9. No way would I leave them alone. Nor would I leave them alone with loaded guns that are not locked up. Parenting 101.

[maxsolomon]

32. Hilarious

I suspect that if you're incompetent enough to leave children with loaded firearms, you're too incompetent to plan parenthood.

Ain't no education needed to make a baby. Or 3.

[ManiacJoe]

34. There is no substitute for proper gun storage.

WA state even waives the sales tax on gun safes to encourage their use.

[maxsolomon]

35. there's one substitute:

not having a gun. no safe required.

[ManiacJoe]

36. True about the lack of need, but that is not a substitute by any stretch.