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faceless
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 Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:35 pm Post subject: 11yr old shoots 'stepmum' and goes to school |
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He used a child's shotgun that doesn't need a licence - there's nothing questionable about that! |
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11antoniacourt
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Updates on the story indicate that the child's father wanted to train the boy to be a hunter and the father's girlfriend encouraged it. The gun was a gift and i just don't understand the mindset at ALL. |
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faceless
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| When I was about that age I learned shooting with an air-rifle (my dad was a shooting instructor in the RAF coincidentally) but it was always about accuracy, not power of life and death. |
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11antoniacourt
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| faceless wrote: | | When I was about that age I learned shooting with an air-rifle (my dad was a shooting instructor in the RAF coincidentally) but it was always about accuracy, not power of life and death. |
I do believe the kid had the accuracy thing working for him. he shoots her 'execution sytle" and then legs it to school. he had to have been an actual sociopath at his age. What he did was just evil. |
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Sera_6969
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Cops said Brown shot Kenzie in the back of the head with a gun designed for children that did not have to be registered. |
...gun designed for children... ???
And yes, i'm shaking my head, tutting and muttering 'stupid Americans' under my breath... |
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luke
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:41 am Post subject: |
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shotguns designed for children?!  
i would have learnt to shoot about that age, my brother and sisters would have been even younger.
in america, don't you have to lock weapons away? like here, my dad used to have them locked in a safe - so even if i had gone crazy and wanted to shoot people, i'd have had to have got into the safe first.
i can kinda get that they've made kids sized guns, but they shouldn't be able to keep them in their rooms like toys! they should be locked up safe to only be used under adult supervision. |
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Skylace
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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This happened very close to where I live. It's absolutely terrible. They are also looking to try him as an adult.
@luke, there are no laws that you have to lock weapons away in the states. Responsible firearms owners will be sure to lock them away but there are plenty out there that aren't.
Growing up on military bases and in rural southeast New Mexico and now living in southwestern PA, I can tell you that there is a big difference between those raised with guns used to kill people and those who are in the hunting culture. |
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Skylace
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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It was reported this morning he has been moved to a juvenile facility.
While I totally agree there needs to be consequences for his actions treating an 11 year old child like an adult isn't going to make this right. |
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