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FAIRMONT, N.C. -- Authorities say a 10-year-old boy was killed in North Carolina when he was shot by his father while the parent cleaned a shotgun.
Robeson County deputies say 34-year-old Christopher Stanlane was on the couch in his Fairmont home wiping down the gun around 4 p.m. Sunday when it fired.
Investigators say the boy was sitting in front of his father watching television and was struck in the head. Paramedic declared him dead at the home.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/25/christopher-stanlane-kills-son_n_2952944.html?utm_hp_ref=crime
MattBaggins
(7,897 posts)hlthe2b
(102,119 posts)issues with him.
So very sad for that child.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,167 posts)So sad. Another tragedy, courtesy of those damn guns..
deaniac21
(6,747 posts)is opening the action. It is unpossible to fire.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)I say jail the father for negligent manslaughter.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)And, too many drink while playing with their guns, are on medications that alter judgement, and worse.
But hey, the yahoo with guns in the apartment next to you has to be considered OK right up till there is blood on the walls.
denverbill
(11,489 posts)That odd, because if I accidentally run a stop sign because I'm distracted by something and run over a 10 year old and kill him, I'd definitely be charged with manslaughter. I guess killing with a gun makes it better.
Phillip McCleod
(1,837 posts)he has a 2nd amendment right to kill with a gun. do it with a car? or a toothpick? or the dim mak? murderer.
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)We see these accidents every single day.
Thank you for posting, Cali_Democrat.