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2. Incredible, incomprehensible tragedy. Firearms in abundance are such a unnecessary menace to us all.

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 09:49 PM

Jan 2015

Almost too horrific to imagine the scene, the innocence of the child as he pulled the "toy" out of the glove compartment.

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Florida toddler fatally shoots himself with father's gun while parents load car [View all] PumpkinAle Jan 2015 OP

Just another day in gun culture. onehandle Jan 2015 #1

these cases are so incredibly tragic Skittles Jan 2015 #3

Sorry Skittles marym625 Jan 2015 #5

Did you mean to reply to me? marym625 Jan 2015 #11

No worries. Thanks marym625 Jan 2015 #19

I did not say they shouldn't be charged Skittles Jan 2015 #12

I see marym625 Jan 2015 #13

Agreed. (nt) enough Jan 2015 #15

and everyone will say that marym625 Jan 2015 #4

It's despicable marym625 Jan 2015 #7

What ever happened to common sense in criminal law when it comes to guns? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #8

N R A marym625 Jan 2015 #9

The NRA would argue Matrosov Jan 2015 #16

Typical strawman. ManiacJoe Jan 2015 #18

exactly! marym625 Jan 2015 #20

Duplicate of a previously locked thread ManiacJoe Jan 2015 #17

I thought current news was allowed marym625 Jan 2015 #21

Yes, if current and of national importance. ManiacJoe Jan 2015 #22

You should protest the lock. marym625 Jan 2015 #23

I did a search and didn't see this ......... but if a duplicate, PumpkinAle Jan 2015 #24

Locking MineralMan Jan 2015 #25

but there's no lock Phentex Jan 2015 #26

It was a blank. rug Jan 2015 #27

The lock broke. It was made in China. n/t benz380 Jan 2015 #28