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(51,122 posts) Thu Oct 24, 2013, 11:39 PM Oct 2013

Mason Davis, Survivor Of Sparks Middle School Shooting, Gives Heart-Wrenching Interview On Guns

Source: Huffington Post

A boy who was shot in the stomach by a classmate at Sparks Middle School in Nevada says that the experience changed his perspective on guns.

Mason Davis, 12, was just outside the school before classes Monday morning when he heard gunshots, he told CNN Thursday. Mason said at first he thought the gunshots were far away, but quickly realized a shooter was in the school. An unidentified seventh grader shot another student in the shoulder before fatally shooting 45-year-old teacher Michael Landsberry, who was trying to stop the rampage.

Mason said he tried to help Landsberry, but wound up getting shot in the stomach himself. The 12-year-old gunman fatally shot himself in the head.

"I'm lucky to be alive," Mason said. He also noted that he thinks about guns differently now. "I used treat guns -- not poorly -- but a little poorly, because I thought they were a toy," he said with tears in his eyes. "But when I got shot, I learned that they're not just a toy. They're a weapon, and they can damage somebody very bad."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/mason-davis-sparks-shooting-survivor-guns_n_4159239.html

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Mason Davis, Survivor Of Sparks Middle School Shooting, Gives Heart-Wrenching Interview On Guns (Original Post) onehandle Oct 2013 OP

A sad way to learn that lesson. AtheistCrusader Oct 2013 #1

My heart goes out to this young person, my only hope is that he does not .... Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #2

Chief Kessler is a moron bossy22 Oct 2013 #3

All I can think about this is... Sophiegirl Oct 2013 #6

Bless your heart, Mason Davis! raging moderate Oct 2013 #4

Nice post. go west young man Oct 2013 #7

My family hails from NV and believe you me, we were taught from the time kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #5

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

1. A sad way to learn that lesson.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 11:47 PM

Oct 2013

It is, however, something I work very hard to instill in my child. There's so much risk out there.

I keep mine locked up, and tightly controlled. Others may not. At a friend's house, acquaintance... Even a kid bringing something to school to show someone. Just keeping my guns locked up is no guarantee, and our culture, here, specifically in America, instills a cartoon appreciation of firearms. There is no awe at its destructive potential at all. Until someone pulls a trigger, and a chunk of metal goes somewhere tragic.

To say nothing of people who use firearms maliciously...

A sad way to find out, but it may save his life, and countless others. I hope his story is shared loud and wide. It needs to be heard.

Rebellious Republican

(5,029 posts)

2. My heart goes out to this young person, my only hope is that he does not ....

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 11:51 PM

Oct 2013

grow up to be like this person.

#t=3

bossy22

(3,547 posts)

3. Chief Kessler is a moron

Reply to Rebellious Republican (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 11:55 PM

Oct 2013

In fact he does more to hurt the gun rights community than anything

Sophiegirl

(2,338 posts)

6. All I can think about this is...

Reply to bossy22 (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 01:30 AM

Oct 2013

...how many people would be dead if this asshole was shooting this weapon in a crowded area and laughing about how easy it was.

I'm sick to my stomach watching this video. Good god, it is beyond thinking that there are people in this country like him. I have no words other than....well...no words. I'm just sick.

raging moderate

(4,305 posts)

4. Bless your heart, Mason Davis!

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 12:40 AM

Oct 2013

You surely DID help Mr. Landsberry, by reaching out to him in that last awful moment of his life. And he would want you to survive and go on to live a long life, doing the many good and helpful things a fine boy like you will do!

go west young man

(4,856 posts)

7. Nice post.

Reply to raging moderate (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 07:53 AM

Oct 2013

Welcome to DU.

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

5. My family hails from NV and believe you me, we were taught from the time

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 01:19 AM

Oct 2013

we were tiny that guns killed people and were NOT toys, and that you never, ever pointed one at somebody, even unloaded, unless you intended to kill them.

When I was growing up, my dad had 2 hunting rifles and they were displayed out of reach on a nice rack of antlers up on the wall in the family room, but only after we were big enough to know that they were serious business. He also had a pistol, but I never knew or cared where he kept it, nor any of the bullets/shells. He never talked about his guns - they were tools - just like he never talked about his electric drill or lawnmower.

I am embarrassed that any parent in a rural state like NV would fail to emphasize to a child by age 12 that guns were NOT TOYS.

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