11-year-old faces years in juvenile detention in shooting case

[jpak]

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20110322/NEWS01/103220308/0/LIFESTYLE/11-year-old-faces-years-juvenile-detention-shooting-case?odyssey=nav%7Chead

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Cory Zindell telephoned McCorkle and invited him to watch a movie while Cory's father, Gregg Zindell, was away. Once McCorkle was there, Cory Zindell asked him if he wanted to see his rifle. When McCorkle asked if it was loaded, Zindell told him it was not.

Cory Zindell later told Great Falls Police officers that McCorkle told him to point the gun at him and shoot. He did so, and the bullet struck McCorkle in the neck, the court documents stated.

The gun reportedly was kept in a closet in Gregg Zindell's room, and Gregg Zindell told police that he had cleaned the gun one week earlier and stored it with the bolt open.

In interviews with police, Cory Zindell said that he had put one round in the gun's chamber a week before the shooting and put the gun back in its place with the safety on. Later, when McCorkle was shot, Zindell pointed the gun and pulled the trigger, having forgotten that there was a bullet in the chamber.

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[Chemisse]

1. How sad. And compounding it is that a child is facing detention for doing

what kids do when guns are available, friends are around and there is no adult supervision.

[rl6214]

2. In rare form, yes you are

Welcome back to you and your shtick.

[jpak]

3. I received a nasty little PM in my inbox asking me to come back

so here I am!

:hi:

[rl6214]

6. CHEERS

:toast:

[spin]

4. I fail to see the point your post ...

Responsible gun owners do not allow 11 year old children access to firearms. Responsible gun owners also teach their children firearm safety. The first rule is:

1. ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.
This is the primary rule of gun safety. A safe direction means that the gun is pointed so that even if it were to go off it would not cause injury or damage. The key to this rule is to control where the muzzle or front end of the barrel is pointed at all times. Common sense dictates the safest direction, depending on different circumstances.
http://www.nrahq.org/education/guide.asp

Perhaps you are posting this to point out why we should have gun safety classes in high school. If so I agree with you.

Perhaps you are posting this to point out why we need to punish parents who allow their children access to firearms. In that case I also agree. It might be a good idea to require a gun safety class for everybody who wants to buy a firearm.

You seem to enjoy posting incidents where criminals or irresponsible people misuse firearms. The overwhelming majority of firearm owners are responsible. Unfortunately, there will always be a few tragic accidents. We can work to reduce such occurrences.

Hunting accidents were far more common before many states enacted laws that required a hunter safety course before a new hunter could be issued a license.

[TexasProgresive]

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