More kids and guns

[mudskipper]

Only in America

BBC News - US woman accidentally shot dead by boy, two, in Idaho Wal-Mart

[scooterscot]

It seems in the eyes of Americans these events are acceptable.

[TykeMerc]

A killing by a 2 year old.... Good grief, how can people let it happen that a 2 year old can come into contact with, let alone discharge a handgun? Pure, unadulterated stupidity.

[barrydidit]

more to come, i'd say

American family pictures of Christmas guns presents being unwrapped | Daily Mail Online

[NickFitz]

A killing by a 2 year old.... Good grief, how can people let it happen that a 2 year old can come into contact with, let alone discharge a handgun? Pure, unadulterated stupidity.

To be fair, they were in a supermarket. It'd be as difficult as keeping the kid away from the rack of sweets by the checkout to prevent this kind of thing, and we all know how hard that can be!

[vetran]

Incredibly sad but this is probably a good site to guess why

Grab-N-Go - People Of Walmart : People Of Walmart

[jmo21]

Frank Skinner had a routine about crazy Americans years ago, where the premise was 'I'll believe absolutely anything you tell me if you start it with 2 words..... In America...'

Never a truer word spoken...

[GlenW]

I was in Dallas last year and whilst having a beer in the hotel bar a perfectly sensible, intelligent man, he was an installation engineer for medical scanning equipment, told me that we, the Brits were wrong. He didn't understand how we could refuse to sell guns in supermarkets but we allowed strong liquor to be sold there. According to him it was fine to walk down Main Street with a .44 magnum hidden on your person or in open view, but not a bottle of Jack Daniels.

I adore the US, and the vast majority of the population, but they do have some just plain stupid ideas.

[EternalOptimist]

The country was born in a revolution. The only way they could get rid of a tyranny was by arming themselves and fighting it, they recognised that it could happen again and so the only way to prevent it was by making it a fundamental right to bear arms.
The consequences are insanity, as we know, but that's where it all stems from.

The way Barak Ebola is going, they may well end up with tyranny AND 2 yr olds shooting their mums

[GlenW]

The way Barak Ebola is going, they may well end up with tyranny AND 2 yr olds shooting their mums

But at least none of their nutters can drink strong liquor in public or deny the Lord God Almighty.