What the lousy libs fail to realize is that if she was packing another gun, maybe strapped to her back, it could have deflected that bullet. Or she could have shot her attacker first. I think the NRA says the only way to stop a bad toddler with a gun is .....

And that is a brilliant bit of writing so I don't want it hidden.

Welcome to DU!

Oh, and if your device doesn't show the "smilies", you can make the "sarcasm" thing by typing : sarcasm : (with no spaces) and it ends up looking like this:

After sucking down a hald dozen tubes of Satan's Sludge, he was ready to shoot something.

on guns should both lose the kid, and their gun rights. Jail should be on the table.

These halfwit ammosexuals. How does a 4 year old "accidentally" get his mother's gun? That woman is an unfit parent. The fault is fully hers. Fully. She endangered him and many others (especially if this happened while driving). It's certainly no better than drunk driving and that gets you in big trouble.


Everyone needs to keep reminding your idiot gun nutter acquaintances: if you keep a gun in your home, any gun for any reason, the statistically most likely person to get shot is someone living in your home. The actual use of a gun for effective self-protection by non-LEOs is rare and very often leads to unintended deaths and injuries. But accidental shootings, suicides, and domestic violence are how most how guns ever get used in Armerica (sic). Most handguns are never used for sport purposes despite blah blah from nutters about hunting and target shooting. They're used for killing and injuring people you love.

Owning a gun puts your family and community in danger, statistically by the numbers, much more than it protects you. Not fully controlling the guns you own should be a crime.

Nutters will go on and on about saving lives and protecting their families. But remember that the odds of that happening vs. something like this story are tiny. Stories like this happen every single day, all over America.

So fine keep your stupid gun if it makes you feel manly or tough. But when your kid gets his hands on it or your spouse shoots you with it or you blow off your foot cleaning it or grandad commits suicide with it, that shit is on you. Jail time, loss of firearm rights, and loss of kids should all be on the table. They make safes, trigger locks, and boxes where you can keep your bullets separate from your dick extender.

at least this time you didn't advocate for firearm owning DU'er's to shoot themselves, I guess that little time out over the weekend taught you a lesson.

Now, on to your post.
There are literally hundreds of stories and videos on youtube of civilians successfully defending themselves with firearms against those that would harm them, that's fact, not like your fiction.

Owning a car will make it more likely that you'll be involved in an accident, having alcohol in the house will make it more likely that you'll get drunk, having a knife in the home will make it more likely that you'll cut yourself.

See, I can do it also.

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Thank you for understanding why I couldn't resist!

The gun might be safer!

We used sippy cups for our two kids for years and never once saw mold like that.

Of course, we disassembled and washed the cups at least several times daily, so maybe that was a factor.

We never saw anything like it either. (Did I brag yet about how the twins are nine now? And still the most wonderful amazing kids on the planet!)

We did ours one at a time and still can't believe we made it through. I can't imagine a double-scoop of children from the get-go.

But I did enjoy the replies.