As a couple of folks have already mentioned, this really is a tragic situation with 8 year old Taila Kneiser in critical condition from an accidental gunshot.
This situation brings to mind all sorts of issues that we can wrangle over. Just a couple of them are of course the perennial favorite, gun owner rights, and another while it may seem callous to discuss it at the moment, is the culpability of this child’s mother.
If a parent can be arrested for abuse and neglect when a child takes a long walk that the parent may or may not have been aware of, how about the responsibility of a parent to keep guns away from children?
It is very hard being a parent. Unfortunately, the young lady has died from her injuries. Peace be with her family.
I hadn't heard that she had died. Very sad.
In my opinion, it *is* the responsibility of the parent to keep guns away from children--just like anything else dangerous. Otherwise, terrible accidents, like this one, can occur.
Personally, I would not keep a gun in my house at all. But if I did, it would be hidden and under lock and key, and, hopefully, my children or any visitors to the house wouldn't even know it was there.
Rummy, why haven't you called for the arrest of this mother that just lost a child. I would think that you and Jacket would have the rope already warmed up.
Dude, I think that very well might be in the cards. Tell me you're not saying the guardian of the child can't be found at fault for a gunshot wound at 2:30 in the morning.
I'm not going to discuss this any further, frankly, because it sickens me.
Oh, but America sure needs guns. Hell yeah, we need to protect ourselves from the drive by shootings...
Daco, just because the mother "just lost a child" doesn't change whether or not she had a responsibility to make sure guns were not accessible. And I don't mean to sound heartless. This is a horrible event and the poor mom will suffer the rest of her life, and I'm very sorry for her.
If the gun was accessible to the child, however, then I think the mom *was* negligent.
I'm not saying the police should press charges, however. Isn't one motive behind prosecuting someone to *make sure the boy walking from the pool (and you made the connection, not me) that is, perhaps, apt. Perhaps, in a best-case it doesn't happen again* so that whoever may have been in danger won't be in that situation again? In the case of scenario, the mom might learn that she did not make a wise decision.
In this case, the consequences are horribly clear already.
Let me add that we don't know how the child got the gun or anything so it is only speculation to say that it was the mom's negligence (and I don't mean it in a legal sense now) which enabled the child to get it.
Taila Kneiser was just pronounced dead this evening about 7pm. This is such a horribly sad thing.
One thing is for sure, right now we are not getting the whole picture as we should not be. This entire situation is still under investigation. The puzzle pieces just don't fit and until they do, it is all a major question as to how and why.
Sorry daco, you just don't get the logic. One more time, I don't want to hang anybody including the mother in the other thread. That investigation was completed and charges were brought on probable cause, the only standard we have as a measure to bring any charges against any body for anything. I would rather have that than speculation like goes on here.
This case is way more tragic, a rush to judgement in a gossip board is not appropriate here for at least one reason, there has not been any probable cause established to cause charges to be brought. A case may be made for that later; if so that is just the way the cards fell as in the other case.