Texas 4-Year-Old Shoots 7-Month-Old Baby

[ehrnst]

A 7-month-old baby is in the hospital after being accidentally shot by a 4-year-old at a house in Temple, Texas.

The condition of the infant is unknown following the shooting at a house in the 300 block of South 25th Street at around 2:31 p.m. local time. KWKT-TV reported that the baby was conscious and breathing when it was taken to McLane Children's Hospital.

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Details are still scant at this stage, including what type of weapon was used or how the 4-year-old got hold of it. Police have so far only said the shooting appeared to be an accident that took police inside the home.

KWTX-TV reported that there was a sign outside the home in Temple that warned people of weapons inside. The sign reads: “The average response time of a 911 call is 23 minutes. The response time of a .357 is 14 hundred feet per second.”

What was the response time for the ambulance to arrive there to save their bullet-riddle infant, I wonder.

http://www.newsweek.com/texas-4-year-old-shoots-7-month-old-baby-apparent-accident-858155

[lapfog_1]

1. they needed a good baby with a gun, or a SWAT officer

or a babysitter with a concealed carry permit.

Somehow more guns would have made this better!

[Arkansas Granny]

2. The person who left the gun where a 4 yo could access it should be charged with attempted murder,

just the same as if they had fired the gun themselves. Add a few charges of negligence and child endangerment to that.

[ehrnst]

4. I think gross negligence would be more likely to stick. (nt)

[SoCalMusicLover]

6. Just Don't Take Away His Precious

It's easy enough to replace a baby, but a gun is family.

[gratuitous]

7. I can support this

There needs to be a charge sufficient to keep this "responsible" gun owner from ever owning a gun legally again. Same goes for the dimbulbs who "forgot" their trusty shootin' arn was in their luggage when they went through security at the airport.

[Vinca]

3. WTF is wrong with this country? The only things that seem to matter are guns and money.

[workinclasszero]

5. Those poor babies

NRA solution: all 7 mo old babies need to be armed.

Damn parents need to be tossed in jail immediately for felony child abuse IMO but probably nothing will happen to them.