Comments on: Boy Accidentally Shoots Self With Forgotten Gun http://www.babble.com.au/2009/04/24/boy-accidentally-shoots-self-with-forgotten-gun/ The magazine for a new generation of parents Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:08:22 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: K Love http://www.babble.com.au/2009/04/24/boy-accidentally-shoots-self-with-forgotten-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-3297 K Love Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:03:33 +0000 http://www.babble.com.au/?p=13370#comment-3297 What the above poster said... if you can outlaw idiots, I welcome it. Imagine all the household appliances you'd have to throw out if all things that COULD be misused were made illegal. What the above poster said… if you can outlaw idiots, I welcome it. Imagine all the household appliances you’d have to throw out if all things that COULD be misused were made illegal.

]]> By: Russell Edwards http://www.babble.com.au/2009/04/24/boy-accidentally-shoots-self-with-forgotten-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-3046 Russell Edwards Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:03:46 +0000 http://www.babble.com.au/?p=13370#comment-3046 How can anyone defend unrestricted gun ownership when something like this occurs? Well, how can anyone defend unrestricted ownership of matches and swimming pools? After all, these account for more children deaths than firearms. Along with guns, you have also tagged this story with stupidity. Therein lies your answer. That firearm would have been perfectly safe if securely locked away, in fact it would have been reasonably safe if the boy had had firearm safety drilled into him from an early age. A double failure of parenting is to blame here -- not the law. How can anyone defend unrestricted gun ownership when something like this occurs?

Well, how can anyone defend unrestricted ownership of matches and swimming pools? After all, these account for more children deaths than firearms.

Along with guns, you have also tagged this story with stupidity. Therein lies your answer. That firearm would have been perfectly safe if securely locked away, in fact it would have been reasonably safe if the boy had had firearm safety drilled into him from an early age. A double failure of parenting is to blame here — not the law.

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