More Ammo for the Brady Bunch and media.

[jp1]

I am sick and tired of seeing stories like this; it only gives the Brady bunch more ammo. and damages public opinion.

There is no doubt that in these uncertain times that there has been a huge increase in gun ownership, which I support. I just wish there was there was the same increase in personal responsibility.

It just seems like lately there has been an over abundance of idiots doing stupid things that feed the media ammo to attack the 2nd Amendment.

(TheBlaze/AP) — Authorities say a 7-year-old boy was shot to death when a gun accidentally went off as his father was getting into his truck outside a western Pennsylvania gun store.

The boy, Craig Allen Loughrey, was shot Saturday morning at Twigs Reloading Den in East Lackawannock Township, 60 miles north of Pittsburgh.  Store owner Leonard Mohney says it happened in the parking lot.

“There are lots and lot of flashing lights and lots of crime tape. There was a single shot, and then the police came,” Nicole Howard, whose family owns a business next door, recalled.

According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 44-year-old Joseph V. Loughrey was getting into his truck and holding his .9mm Taurus handgun when it discharged.  His son was struck in the chest, and died at the scene.

Police say Loughrey told them he had emptied the magazine but didn’t realize a bullet was still in the chamber.
“This happens all too often where people think the gun was empty,”  state police Lt. Eric Hermick said.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review writes that Loughrey was cooperative with police, but obviously distraught.  Authorities are investigating the shooting as an accident, but Loughrey could face charges of manslaughter and negligence.

[PegLeg45]

I am sick and tired of seeing stories like this; it only gives the Brady bunch more ammo. and damages public opinion.

+1

Sad on so many levels.

I lost a cousin to an "unloaded gun" many years ago.

'We' can be our own worst enemy in the ongoing battle revolving around guns and their rightful place in our society.

[tombogan03884]

It's sad the kid died.
But sh!t happens. Always has, always will.
Would it have made a difference if he ran over the kid backing out of the garage ?

[jp1]

It is sad the kid died, and it is sad his father did not practice the basic gun safety of unloading a firearm.

And yes, it would be sad if the kid was ran over, but the media would not go after the evil car and call for a ban.

Stories like this just upset me on so many levels.

[PegLeg45]

What is so bothersome is how easily it could have been avoided.

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[crusader rabbit]

Sad on so many levels.  And so completely avoidable.

This dad will live with the guilt of his foolish actions for the rest of his life.

Crusader