Ruby
Regular Member
Good point and we have NO idea whats really happened, yes he made a grave mistake, but what bothers me more is the many who judge with no facts.... Too many in here give credit to those who describe us as heartless gun nuts. To judge a man based on zero facts other than he daughter was shot is a bit myopic.
We have a very GOOD idea of what happened! A man shot his daughter while cleaning his gun because of his own negligence! It doesn't get much more serious than that. Yes, people make mistakes, and sometimes they are fatal ones. Fortunately that wasn't the case here. He committed a criminal act through his own negligence, injuring his own daughter and all you think he should get is to say "I'm sorry"?!? What if, God forbid, he had killed her? Would the fact that it was an accident make him any less guilty of manslaughter or negligent homicide? I don't think so. I would not and could not support anyone so careless with a firearm. I think whatever punishment he receives is justified. There have to be consequences for acts like this or why have any laws at all? What if she had been shot by a stray bullet from a neighbor's gun? Would you still feel the same? She would still be shot, regardless of who pulled the trigger, even if it was an accident. It's incidents like this that give the Anti's more ammo to fight us with. Then to insist on setting the law aside and not punishing this man for his negligence would really inflame them, and rightly so. We cannot apply the law/laws when we feel like it. They apply equally across the board to all of us, all the time, thank God. I wonder how many people die every year due to accidents like this. Whether shot by a family member accidentally or by a stranger accidentally, how do you think those family members feel? If it were me, I would want to see someone punished for my child's injury or death. This person, more than likely, will not own any more firearms; he probably will get rid of them voluntarily. I am not for depriving him of his 2A rights, I don't believe in that, but he may have no choice because of what he has done. I believe that in most states shooting someone, even accidentally is a felony and if so, he will lose his guns and his right to own any.