Wow this is sad. But this kid must be a big kid to lift, and hold up a rifle at four. These are not short rifles and so light. and most are not left chambered where you could just pull the triger and the gun would go off and it's safety had to be turned off also
I wonder if he was dragging the gun and it somehow caught onto something and discharged.
The article dosen't have much info.

Just like bic lighters and all their safety switches and little kids still burn down homes each year...little hands seem to be everywhere and people should never let/leave their guards down

a very strong argument there. the rights of people should only be protected if...

#1: there is a big group of people, or

#2: perhaps most important to alot of folks on this site, only protect the rights that they personally believe in.

the stuff i listen to on here never seeks to shock me. we should protect the rights of all people, no matter how "fringe" you may think they are. you are a lawyer correct? do you understand the concept of a constitutional republic vs a direct democracy? our country was set up so that the majority can never take away the constitutionally protected rights of the minority, but sadly, so many are all to willing to give up whatever rights they have no stake in, all under the cover of being "progressive", absolutely sickening.

Huh?????????? Where do I say hunting should be banned? Where do I say that people like Fatherson don't have the right to own guns for no reason whatsoever? I am just saying there aren't that many hunters, or at least that's what I read. My point is the protection of hunters is a shibboleth (obviously some people here are going to have to look that word up. Hint: it does not come from sharia law).

Good lord, you people are really testy.

if there was a provision added along with the backround check legislation being introduced that made it a felony to propose any further gun rights restrictions, i would be all for it. sadly, as anybody with a flake of common sense knows, the laws being proposed will just keep getting more stringent and restrictive. the good news is that everyday more and more people are waking up and realizing that even under our lord and savior, dear leader obama, the government simply can't protect and provide for all of its citizens, and self reliance is always your best bet. hopefully, the current legislation to go the way of jimmy hoffa, and disappear, much to the dismay of all those dead children pushing, anti-freedom pimps.

I was honestly thinking the same thing.

I most of missed the post of people yelling at you for wanting to ban hunting- I didn't like the term "nonsense" tho

But why use a term you didn't think other would understand? Admit it you once had to look it up didn't you!

Guns don't kill people, people kill people (old bumper sticker). Basically because many humans are not capable of securing guns, operating guns, have the mental capacity for guns, are anti-social, are psychotic, pathological, irresponsible, stupid, ...same people that drive cars.

meanwhile, the same day that his event happened, around 89,999,999 peoples guns were not used by a child to shoot another child.

Exactly. That's why the Texas Legislature is considering a bill that would require that all Texas residents register themselves with the State. Such registrants will be required to, among other things, submit to a battery of tests to determine their mental and emotional capacities and stability and take a course about how to be a "people". Oh, also, such registrants will be limited to interacting with only a certain number of people per day and for only a limited amount of time.

Or get married!

Now while doing this they round up all the illegal people I would be for this!

You need a license for that, and in many religions a background check. Not so much for guns.

What are "illegal people?"

Don't worry, with all the people on here we could figure something that would include you in the mix!

My hub goes deer hunting every year in the fall. Sometimes I go with him squirrel hunting.

That is sad about that baby shooting the other baby. Those parents need to be held accountable.

squirrel are very tasty. what we would do, is after skinning them, we would boil them in a stock pot with carrots, celery, and onion until tender. we would pick the meat off the carcass, and mix it about 50/50 with some mashed potatos that were a little bit on the firmer side. flour, egg, breadcrumb, and a trip to the deep fryer would leave us with some real nice squirrel cakes!

I bet that's good. I love squirrel. We put ours in a pressure cooker and it comes out tender and delish.

Background checks, redux: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/senat...--election.html

Hey Pizzaboy when your a slumlord like myself I usually take my 40 Cal. and bang on the tenants door to open up and if raheem don't have the rent I take his ps3 to the pawn shop

Gotta get paid, DN. Gotta get paid.

Housing court here in New York City is a fucking joke. 90 percent of the time, activist bleeding heart judges side with deadbeat tenants for at least the first 6 to 8 months of the eviction process. These people make a living of going from rental to rental.

I had a judge once tell me at an eviction hearing that it was my own fault for not "vetting" my prospective tenant well enough. Didn't matter that he used a fugazy social security number when I ran the credit check. Then the judge gave the cocksucker another 90 days. I never got paid (but I did get even ).

I hope the tenant got shot in the ass so they couldn't sit down

Senate voted to stop the first filibuster attempt 68-31. A watered down bill is better than nothing.

Both sides are probably unhappy. But isn't that what they say? A good compromise leaves everyone pissed off (or something like that).

This Board offers a huge array of opinions about a huge array of topics. Of course, guns and gay marriage seem to attract the most and the most ardent opinions.

The following is a quote from the letter which the Founding Fathers sent to the Confederation Congress in September, 1787 that accompanied their draft of what would become the US Constitution. It was composed by the five member Committee of Style, largely by Gouverneur Morris, Pennsylvania delegate:

"Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered, and those which may be reserved;"

Good quote Oli! Hopefully people qualified to make these tough decision will ALSO keep that in mind.




TIS

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

-Benjamin Franklin

Big deal. No one is going to be happy.This is what the Govt/ person who wants to take something from you would say. I say let us not error on the side of emotions. (Time to wheel out the families of those poor children, and lets throw in some puppys too. That always gets them) There will be no Liberty without American's being allowed the freedom of owning and using all types of guns.
(Scary Assult looking LIKE ones too. Without any strings attached or hoops to jump thru PERIOD

You can not put a bubble around life. Or scrub it so clean that you will have no worrys. Like I said before. Will that car coming towards you stay on his/her side of that line? Will it?

"There once was a deputy called Fife, who carried a gun and a knife. The gun was all dusty, the knife was all rusty, 'cause he never caught a crook in his life."

---Opie Taylor

GEE PA, are you sure?