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In reply to the discussion: Woman shot, killed at Walmart in Idaho by two-year-old son [View all]KT2000
(20,583 posts)29. Looks like guns were central
to their family life. Her husband gave her a purse for Christmas that had a special outer pocket for a gun. Too bad they didn't have a more creative hobby for their family.
Guns ownership is growing into an identity movement.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2892697/Mother-shot-dead-2-year-old-son-freak-Walmart-accident-carrying-gun-specially-adapted-purse-bought-husband-Christmas-gift-better-conceal-weapon.html
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With what other inanimate object thst is also a killing machine can a two year old kill an adult with?
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#1
Even safer is when melted down to make toys that do not kill their parents.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#30
The fact that 300,000,000 guns in civilian hands is bound to lead to untold tragedy is math
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#40
Some of your own "patient efforts" to that end include touting non-existent gun deaths:
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2015
#56
Guns should come with a hazardous goods warning label and "Danger While Owning" label as well.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#17
Folks are so forgetful when they get busy, having guns around turns forget into dead.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#11
Only a firearm can cause an accidental death by a toddler, preventable deaths by the thousands.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#18
What? The NRA argument of "you die anyway, what does it matter if it is a gun" is a fool's mantra.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#22
You have been blocked? Hmmmm....did not know that...why are so many of you safe haven lovers
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#41
Being blocked by a claque of wannabe Dantons and Robespierres is hardly shameful
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2015
#59
Making firearms central to your life also makes them central to your tragically premature death.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#42
Hey, don't blame me for your bannings for gun loving comments, I was not even here.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#45
"I was not even here." True, "Fred Sanders" wasn't. As for the real person behind the name?
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2015
#57