Guns don't kill people....toddlers do.

[sellitman]

Americans hate terrorists and love our kids, right? So you might be shocked to know that preschoolers with guns have taken more lives so far this year than the single U.S. terrorist attack, which claimed four lives in Boston.



http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/toddlers-killed-more-americans-terrorists-did-year

[Hoyt]

1. The high price we pay so that dad can have the guns he needs to feel good about himself.

The gun cultists throw around words like "responsible," "law-abiding," and such, but they know that plenty of gun lovers aren't.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Absolute insanity having guns around children.

[jimmy the one]

3. like clockwork, kills the gun

Guns don't kill people....toddlers do

Hey! they need rephrase it 'guns don't kill people, toddlers near negligent or stupid gunowners do'.
While a sad fact, we can't blame the kids; why I think giving a gun to a kid for bday or christmas tacky, why risk it? would you give a vinyl swimming pool to your brother in hot arizona with a 2, 4, & 6 yr old, as a gift? you're risking partial blame yourself for any mishaps.

11 gun fatalities I found where a preschooler pulled the trigger (Jan 1 to June 9, 2013). This tragic, unthinkable event has happened every month, like clock-work.
Jan. 10: 6-yr-old playmate shoots and kills 4-year-old Kan.
Feb. 11: 4-yr-old shoots and kills himself, Memphis, Tenn.
Feb. 24: 4-yr-old dies after shooting himself in stomach while his father sleeps, Houston.
March 30: 4-yr-old Rahquel Carr shot and killed either by 6-year-old brother or .. Miami.
April 6: Josephine Fanning, 48, shot and killed by 4-year-old boy.. Tenn.
April 8: 4-year-old shoots and kills 6-year-old friend N.J.
April 9: 3-year-old is killed after he finds a pink gun he thinks is a toy S.C.
April 30: 2yo killed 5yo brother with Cricket“My First Rifle” marketed to kids,Ky.
May 1: 3yo shoots himself in the face and dies after finding his grandmother’s gun, Ariz.
May 7: 3yo fatally shoots himself with his uncle’s gun, Tampa, Fla.
June 7: 4yo fatally shoots father, Green Beret Ariz. .. At least 10 more toddlers have shot but not killed themselves or someone else this year.. 9 instances where children and teens 7 to 19 years old accidentally killed themselves, a family member or friend since January.

Speaking of tacky gifts, add stupid, inappropriate & really unwanted: People who worship the Second Amendment should recognize the “well-regulated” aspect of gun ownership that the forefathers intended. Instead, we have a gun lobby that pays off senators to vote against background checks and gun culture that welcomes a 3-year-old as a lifetime NRA member. I worry for that child’s playmates.