Submitted by Mike T (not verified) on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 2:11pm.
I have said it before and will again. Guns in the hands of the untrained and unskilled is and will always be.....TROUBLE. When people decide that they want to handle firearms they should at the very least seek a gun safety program to attend. Once a person learns the proper storage and methods of handling the risk of accident goes way down. Never assume anything about a gun except that they are very dangerous. Don't assume your gun is unloaded, or the safety is on, Don't point your gun in any direction other than straight up or straight down. Parents that decide to keep guns in a home must teach their children to never play with the gun and never handle the guns unsupervised. A gun can only kill what it's pointed toward and it's not the guns fault what it's pointed at. I pray this incident was unintended but as you say it is a form of Manslaughter.
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I have said it before and will again. Guns in the hands of the untrained and unskilled is and will always be.....TROUBLE. When people decide that they want to handle firearms they should at the very least seek a gun safety program to attend. Once a person learns the proper storage and methods of handling the risk of accident goes way down. Never assume anything about a gun except that they are very dangerous. Don't assume your gun is unloaded, or the safety is on, Don't point your gun in any direction other than straight up or straight down. Parents that decide to keep guns in a home must teach their children to never play with the gun and never handle the guns unsupervised. A gun can only kill what it's pointed toward and it's not the guns fault what it's pointed at. I pray this incident was unintended but as you say it is a form of Manslaughter.