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| Idiot parents buy a rifle for a 5 year old; and he kills his 2 year old sister with it | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 1 2013, 02:23 PM (170 Views) | |
| Tybee | May 1 2013, 02:23 PM Post #1 |
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Don't charge the kid. Charge the idiot parents for reckless endangerment. BURKESVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister to death in rural southern Kentucky with a rifle he had received as a gift last year, authorities said. The children's mother was home at the time of the shooting Tuesday afternoon but had stepped out to the front porch for a few minutes and "she heard the gun go off," Cumberland County Coroner Gary White said. He said the rifle was kept in a corner and the family didn't realize a bullet was left inside it. White told the Lexington Herald-Leader the boy received the .22-caliber rifle as a gift. "It's a Crickett," White said, referring to a company that specifically makes guns, clothes and books for children. "It's a little rifle for a kid. ... The little boy's used to shooting the little gun." The shooting, while accidental, highlights a cultural divide in the gun debate. While many suburban and urban areas work to keep guns out of the hands of children, it's not uncommon for youths in rural areas to own guns for target practice and hunting. "Down in Kentucky where we're from, you know, guns are passed down from generation to generation. You start at a young age with guns for hunting and everything," White said Wednesday. What is more unusual than a child having a gun, he said, is "that a kid would get shot with it." "Accidents happen with guns. They thought the gun was actually unloaded, and it wasn't," the coroner said. White said the girl died of a single gunshot wound to the chest area. In a brief news release, state police said the shooting occurred when the boy was "playing" with the rifle, but did not elaborate. It is not clear whether any charges will be filed, said Kentucky State Police spokesman Trooper Billy Gregory. "I think it's too early to say whether there will or won't be," Gregory said. The AP is not identifying the children because of their ages. The company that made the gun, Milton, Pa.-based Keystone Sporting Arms, produced 60,000 Crickett and Chipmunk rifles in 2008, according to its website. It also makes guns for adults, but most of its products are geared toward children. The smaller guns come in all sorts of colors, including blue and pink. The company's slogan is "my first rifle" and its website has a "Kids Corner" section where pictures of young boys and girls are displayed, most of them showing the children at shooting ranges and on bird and deer hunts. The smaller rifles are sold with a mount to use at a shooting range. "The goal of KSA is to instill gun safety in the minds of youth shooters and encourage them to gain the knowledge and respect that hunting and shooting activities require and deserve," the website said. No one at the company answered the phone Wednesday. According to its website, Bill McNeal and his son Steve McNeal decided to make guns for young shooters in the mid-1990s and opened Keystone in 1996 with just four employees, producing 4,000 rifles that year. It now employs about 70 people. Burkesville sits near the Tennessee-Kentucky state line along the Cumberland River, among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The small city is about 90 miles northeast of Nashville, Tenn. It is home to a Mennonite community that gained attention in 2010 when nine of its members were killed in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer. http://news.yahoo.com/5-old-boy-shoots-2-old-sister-ky-161229579.html Edited by Tybee, May 1 2013, 02:24 PM.
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| Guest | May 1 2013, 02:34 PM Post #2 |
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ITA charge the parents. Where were the gun locks, the gun safe? We are talking a five year old child. I am pro gun but people have to take precautions, especially with children and teenagers. |
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| Erna | May 1 2013, 03:09 PM Post #3 |
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This story is a fiction, it never happened. The names of those involved are not even mentioned. NWO propaganda to remove americans guns, but it hardly matters now that the NWO has those drones that will be shooting down americans. The American people need to arm themselves with anti-aircraft weapons as well! |
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| Tybee | May 1 2013, 04:09 PM Post #4 |
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I imagine they didn't mention the names because of the ages of the children involved. It's going to be bad enough for that family as it is. They won't need the added problems that would come from rabid condemnation if the public at large found out who they are. |
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| Erna | May 2 2013, 03:03 AM Post #5 |
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No, Tybee, they did not mention the names because there ARE no names - it never happened! If names were mentioned the event could be proven false. Edited by Erna, May 2 2013, 03:04 AM.
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| Tybee | May 2 2013, 05:49 AM Post #6 |
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Hmmm, is that Oscar Mayer I smell cooking?
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| Erna | May 2 2013, 07:24 AM Post #7 |
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We received a text message from something very hot here in BCN today, so we are confident of enjoying some nice large uncut Spanish sizemeat later today. |
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| Guest | May 2 2013, 09:18 AM Post #8 |
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Here is a link about it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/kentucky-shooting_n_3189828.html?utm_hp_ref=crime I don't think you can mention the names because they are minors. |
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| Tybee | May 2 2013, 12:14 PM Post #9 |
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The boy shot his little sister while the mother went to the front porch to "pour grease from a frying pan for the dogs"? HUH? Who feeds their dogs hot grease from a frying pan? From the looks of the property on the video at the link these people are apparently hillbillies and I guess that's just what they do. BURKESVILLE, Ky. (AP) — As Stephanie Sparks cleaned the kitchen, her 5-year-old son, Kristian, began playing with a rifle he was given last year. She stepped out onto the front porch, poured grease out of a frying pan for the dogs and "heard the gun go off," a Kentucky coroner said. Authorities said the boy had fatally shot his 2-year-old sister, Caroline, in the chest. In rural southern Kentucky, far removed from the national debate over gun control, where some children get their first guns even before they start first grade, the accident stunned the community. Kristian's rifle was kept in a corner of the mobile home, and the family didn't realize a bullet had been left in it, Cumberland County Coroner Gary White said. "Down in Kentucky where we're from, you know, guns are passed down from generation to generation," White said. "You start at a young age with guns for hunting and everything." What is more unusual than a child having a gun, he said, is "that a kid would get shot with it." In this case, the rifle was made by a company that sells guns specifically for children — "My first rifle" is the slogan — in colors ranging from plain brown to hot pink to royal blue to multi-color swirls. "It's a normal way of life, and it's not just rural Kentucky, it's rural America — hunting and shooting and sport fishing. It starts at an early age," Cumberland County Judge Executive John Phelps said. "There's probably not a household in this county that doesn't have a gun." In Cumberland County, as elsewhere in Kentucky, local newspapers feature photos of children proudly displaying their kills, including turkey and deer. Even one of the latest reality shows on CMT, "Guntucky," features a family-owned gun range in Kentucky. The range, Knob Creek, says on its website that it is as a safe place for youngsters to learn about firearms and offers family memberships. Ruby Wright, who teaches hunter safety classes in Burkesville, said children younger than 9 can sit in, but they can't get certification. She also coaches 4-H shooting sports, requiring those children to be 9 as well. Phelps, who is much like a mayor in these parts, said it had been four or five years since there had been a shooting death in the county, which lies along the Cumberland River near the Tennessee state line. "The whole town is heartbroken," Phelps said of Burkesville, a farming community of 1,800 about 90 miles northeast of Nashville, Tenn. "This was a total shock. This was totally unexpected." Phelps said he knew the family well. He said the father, Chris Sparks, works as a logger at a mill and also shoes horses. The family lives in a gray mobile home on a long, winding road, surrounded by rolling hills and farmland that's been in the family since the 1930s. Toys, including a small truck and a basketball goal, were on the front porch, but no one was home Wednesday. There's a house across the street, but the next-closest neighbor lives over a hill. Family friend Logan Wells said he received a frantic call telling him that the little girl was in an accident and to come quickly. When he got to the hospital, Caroline was already dead. "She passed just when I got there," Wells said. White said the shooting had been ruled accidental, though a police spokesman said it was unclear whether any charges will be filed. "I think it's too early to say whether there will or won't be," Trooper Billy Gregory said. White said the boy received the .22-caliber rifle as a gift, but it wasn't clear who gave him the gun, which is known as a Crickett. "It's a little rifle for a kid. ... The little boy's used to shooting the little gun," White said. The company that makes the rifle, Milton, Pa.-based Keystone Sporting Arms, has a "Kids Corner" on its website with pictures of young boys and girls at shooting ranges and on bird and deer hunts. It says the company produced 60,000 Crickett and Chipmunk rifles for kids in 2008. The smaller rifles are sold with a mount to use at a shooting range. Keystone also makes guns for adults, but most of its products are geared toward children, including books, hats and bright orange vests. "The goal of KSA is to instill gun safety in the minds of youth shooters and encourage them to gain the knowledge and respect that hunting and shooting activities require and deserve," the website said. No one at the company answered the phone Wednesday. According to the website, company founders Bill McNeal and his son Steve McNeal decided to make guns for young shooters in the mid-1990s and opened Keystone in 1996 with just four employees, producing 4,000 rifles that year. It now employs about 70 people. It also has a long list of testimonials from parents who talk about how grateful they are to be able to go shooting with their children. All of the guns have safety locks, and some even have ones that require a key. Police did not release the model of the rifle Kristian had. Sharon Rengers, a longtime child advocate at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, said making and marketing weapons specifically for children was "mind-boggling." "It's like, oh, my God," she said, "we're having a big national debate whether we want to check somebody's background, but we're going to offer a 4-year-old a gun and expect something good from that?" State Rep. Robert R. Damron, a Democrat and an outspoken gun rights advocate in Kentucky, said the problem is not guns, but the parents who do not teach gun safety and responsibility. "Why single out firearms? Why not talk about all the other things that endanger children, too?" he said. "The Second Amendment doesn't give anybody carte blanche freedom to put children and juveniles at risk." http://news.yahoo.com/ky-child-shooting-part-urban-rural-gun-debate-085327467.html |
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| Deleted User | May 2 2013, 12:57 PM Post #10 |
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Kids do the darnedest things. |
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| Erna | May 2 2013, 01:12 PM Post #11 |
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LOL, Art Linkletter! |
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| Deleted User | May 2 2013, 06:26 PM Post #12 |
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One less American...........result. |
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| America | May 2 2013, 06:32 PM Post #13 |
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Fuck you!
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| Tybee | May 2 2013, 07:03 PM Post #14 |
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How uncouth. |
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