The latest for Florida... guns

[malada]

Amazing.

A 14 year old boy pulls out a pistol and shoots dead his 23 year old sister.

In retaliation his 15 year old brother shoot the 14 year old with *his* pistol.

How the frell do hormone raging teenagers get a hold of pistols?

Oh, right... the Second Amendment which promises any white guy free use of any gun for any purpose whatsoever. Except... no it doesn't. It's about having an armed militia.

I keep hearing that guns are not the problem - people are. Then why do you keep giving people guns?

Comments

[acelightning73]

Nobody's giving away guns. The people who get them BUY them, just like the people who need guns - hunters, cops, target shooters - and they're not terribly expensive. Or they steal them. That's why there are public service announcements about "don't keep guns around your home. Lock them in a gun safe. Lock the ammo in another safe in a different room. There have been cases of small children finding a legally owned gun and playing with it, and accidentally shooting another family member.

It's been common for toy guns to be given to children, so they can pretend to be cowboys or soldiers or whatever. And some people refuse to let their children play with toy guns. But there was one case of a child who nibbled a slice of toast into the shape of a pistol, pointed it at another family member and said, "Bang.You're dead. You're supposed to fall down now."