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freshwest

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76. It took a civil war to make that happen, you know. Most of the same crowd that refuse gun control:

Sun May 19, 2013, 02:16 PM

May 2013

States with the Most Gun Violence

10. Georgia
9. Arkansas
8. Missouri
7. New Mexico
6. South Carolina
5. Mississippi
4. Arizona
3. Alabama
2. Alaska
1. Louisiana

Much more detail at the link:

http://247wallst.com/2013/04/15/states-with-the-most-gun-violence/2/

Note they now are majority GOP and or Teabagger. With the exception of AZ, NM and AK, they were all slave states. This mentality still exists.

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The child saw the handgun in the parents’ bedroom and put it in his mouth, where it went off. [View all] Robb May 2013 OP

More of those "responsible gun owners" I keep hearing about. JaneyVee May 2013 #1

If they were any more responsible it would be a crime! Roland99 May 2013 #5

But gopiscrap May 2013 #152

I'm speechless. nt MannyGoldstein May 2013 #2

So's the child. alphafemale May 2013 #18

good grief treestar May 2013 #3

WHAT!? how DARE you zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #13

Or "Doomsday Preppers". Lots of Ilsa May 2013 #16

what's funny to me about that is zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #22

I know someone big-time into these extreme scenarios. Ilsa May 2013 #45

Can't find the story right now, premium May 2013 #49

now that is an OOPS! moment! zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #78

sounds like she is a pro at it zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #54

God forbid they should have to be timdog44 May 2013 #77

"a very tragic accident" . ? . annabanana May 2013 #4

+1 nt historylovr May 2013 #38

+1 Union Scribe May 2013 #63

How many more of Rebl May 2013 #142

Horrifying etherealtruth May 2013 #6

nothing accidental about this incident. KG May 2013 #7

there are no responsible gun owners. bowens43 May 2013 #8

Bullshit, premium May 2013 #15

Yea, suicides don't count. gtar100 May 2013 #21

Did I say that? premium May 2013 #23

Yes, the implication is there. gtar100 May 2013 #31

Wow. premium May 2013 #34

more gundamentalists. they pop up like weeds when there is a gun thread. Nanjing to Seoul May 2013 #145

I see what you did there, premium May 2013 #149

Gundamentalist. Like Fundamentalist, only they worship their guns more than human life Nanjing to Seoul May 2013 #150

I've got to disagree Sgent May 2013 #98

Yes and no. More than a few successfull suicides are failed cries for help. TheMadMonk May 2013 #109

Fair enough, premium May 2013 #135

Carbon dioxide poisoning? Thor_MN May 2013 #144

Whooops, premium May 2013 #148

Maybe you should make suicides illegal then. dkf May 2013 #32

Not me. I was being facetious. gtar100 May 2013 #33

Yeah me too. dkf May 2013 #36

At what point would you support restrictions on your guns? How about these guys' guns? Hoyt May 2013 #29

Stale Hoyt, stale. premium May 2013 #30

Feel free to post of photo of you posing with your guns. n/t Hoyt May 2013 #35

Wow Hoyt, premium May 2013 #41

He said he "had several people pull guns on" him? Were they cops? At one time he said, that AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #80

He never clarifies that, premium May 2013 #81

Link that please. But if ONE doesn't matter, then neither does 30K, which is what the NRA "thinks". patrice May 2013 #69

Wow, if you really think suicides would not go down if guns were not... Logical May 2013 #79

Wow. I don't believe I said that. premium May 2013 #82

"If someone wants to end their life, they're going to find a way to do so" Logical May 2013 #85

That's right, premium May 2013 #86

They will TRY with pills or a knife and fail many times. A gun is almost always 100% fatal. n-t Logical May 2013 #93

Yeah, but nowhere did I say that suicides wouldn't decrease premium May 2013 #94

All gun owners are responsible... madinmaryland May 2013 #117

Eve;ryone is responsible premium May 2013 #124

"Responsible gun owners" is an oxymoron. Apophis May 2013 #39

Why is that an oxymoron? premium May 2013 #42

Math and logic are not strong points for some folks... Pelican May 2013 #62

Yes, "some folks" just refuse to acknowledge the math... SunSeeker May 2013 #70

Maybe just a moron? morningfog May 2013 #127

If you're talking about whoever left the gun unsecured, premium May 2013 #128

That's just stupid. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #50

Keeping a gun in your home is stupid. nt SunSeeker May 2013 #60

Only if it's not properly secured, premium May 2013 #65

Nope. Even if secured, so long as you can access it, it increases your chance of dying. SunSeeker May 2013 #67

+1 SunSeeker May 2013 #58

Lock up one or both of the parents. Forever. NYC_SKP May 2013 #9

should get jail time Duckhunter935 May 2013 #10

Saving the sacred gun from harm, it must fulfill its mission. As far as the child goes, mothers now freshwest May 2013 #11

If seeing her child do that doesn't Ilsa May 2013 #17

There is something seriously wrong with all of this. That mom thinks it's hilarious. No matter how freshwest May 2013 #19

Stupid beyond words. premium May 2013 #37

People treat guns like toys, or a religious relic. Gun worship is the fastest growing religion now. freshwest May 2013 #73

Looks like photos from Somalia rightsideout May 2013 #101

Make them black people with turbans and suddenly the gunnies get worried, though... Scootaloo May 2013 #103

Oh, I so wish I could rec this single reply! Amimnoch May 2013 #125

Interesting. The foundation of U.S. gun control laws is racism Eleanors38 May 2013 #130

Not so interesting. Paladin May 2013 #136

Where I shoot, men in turbans sometimes shoot as well. Eleanors38 May 2013 #143

That child should be removed from that home. Zoeisright May 2013 #40

"This was a very tragic accident." baldguy May 2013 #12

This was no accident, premium May 2013 #14

If it was bleach the parents would have been arrested malaise May 2013 #20

Or if the parents were "Blah". nt DCKit May 2013 #24

That too malaise May 2013 #25

+1 JustAnotherGen May 2013 #27

Yep. Case in point after we read all these stories, first one I ever read charged with a crime: freshwest May 2013 #55

I'm of the mindset JustAnotherGen May 2013 #28

Every gun is sacred! BrotherIvan May 2013 #26

C'mon, who could foresee a little kid putting something in his mouth? Deep13 May 2013 #43

Yeah, ya know, premium May 2013 #46

The baby should have taken a gun safety course. Deep13 May 2013 #106

If you're going to have a PSD keep it on your side. ileus May 2013 #44

Explain to me again why none of these incidents rise to the level SheilaT May 2013 #47

The price we pay so that folks like the poster just above your post can fondle their guns Hoyt May 2013 #51

Nobody here has said it's ok for kids being killed or maimed this way premium May 2013 #56

"Blacks voting? You know damn good and well that it ain't ever going to happen." Robb May 2013 #61

You really think gun confiscation will happen? premium May 2013 #64

You really think a black man will ever vote in the South? Robb May 2013 #68

What does this have to do with gun confiscation? premium May 2013 #72

"Gun confiscation." Also, black men are coming to rape all the white women. Robb May 2013 #74

My opinion is that it ain't never going to happen, premium May 2013 #75

It took a civil war to make that happen, you know. Most of the same crowd that refuse gun control: freshwest May 2013 #76

Uh no. beevul May 2013 #84

You must not realize that is worse. Robb May 2013 #87

Let me think... beevul May 2013 #90

You really could use a basic statistics class. jeff47 May 2013 #120

Uh huh. I'm well aware of how statistics work. beevul May 2013 #137

So, even if your own child, or brother, SheilaT May 2013 #88

Once again, premium May 2013 #89

Every time someone posts that SheilaT May 2013 #100

+One Trillion Uzair May 2013 #110

This message was self-deleted by its author Uzair May 2013 #96

I assure you they are PERFECTLY OK with it Uzair May 2013 #95

This message was self-deleted by its author premium May 2013 #97

Do we ban or confiscate everything that kills more children than guns? hack89 May 2013 #99

Because killing is the gun's primary purpose. jeff47 May 2013 #121

So it is not about the actual number of dead kids? hack89 May 2013 #123

^^ There you have it. ^^ Eleanors38 May 2013 #131

Fine, Let's Do That SoCalMusicLover May 2013 #138

The poster I was replying to wanted to ban guns, not limit them. hack89 May 2013 #139

Any Limit Would Be Better Than What Is The Current Situation SoCalMusicLover May 2013 #140

Speaking of MASS HYSTERIA!. nt hack89 May 2013 #141

Better sense rickyhall May 2013 #48

In fairness to the legislature.... OmahaBlueDog May 2013 #52

I would assume destroyed if live Duckhunter935 May 2013 #57

Sometimes words only need a graphic warning. rug May 2013 #53

The thrice repeated phrase in the OP 'expected to survive,' doesn't prove much. freshwest May 2013 #108

Horrible. rug May 2013 #112

Since society as a whole, and the legal avebury May 2013 #59

well, the nuts have (even here) likened their hiding of arms to hiding Poles from Nazis MisterP May 2013 #66

This is NOT an accident. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #71

At least the gun is safe geomon666 May 2013 #83

It's all the toddler's fault that he didn't follow the advice given him in kestrel91316 May 2013 #91

If you have a kid, keep your damn guns locked the fuck up!!! Initech May 2013 #92

The police should investigate this further. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #102

Guns are just a tool like any other, say the gunners... alcibiades_mystery May 2013 #104

It is against the law in Minnesota Jenoch May 2013 #105

Im beginning to think the NRA's real agenda is population control. bunnies May 2013 #107

One more time--THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT!! randr May 2013 #111

I was being a little flip with an earlier comment. timdog44 May 2013 #113

"They are being taught..." Eleanors38 May 2013 #132

thanks. I really wonder where our liberal pro gun DUers are here! CTyankee May 2013 #114

Why are these guns LOADED? felix_numinous May 2013 #115

it's garden-variety gun nut paranoia Skittles May 2013 #118

Because when you wake up in the middle of the night... jeff47 May 2013 #122

wow on the irony factor: salin May 2013 #116

Guess the rights of guns are as sacrosanct to North Carolina legislators as gun-owner rights indepat May 2013 #119

What were the parents thinking, leaving a gun where a 2 year old could get it? liberal N proud May 2013 #126

It's time to start jailing some of these parents Warpy May 2013 #129

Absolutely. The country and their children sure as hell don't need their kind of parental care. nt valerief May 2013 #134

It wasn't an accident. It was negligence, pure and simple. You don't leave loaded guns laying around valerief May 2013 #133

I'll say it again marions ghost May 2013 #147

Shame on the parents for not securing that firearm. rl6214 May 2013 #146

Parents need to be charged with reckless endangerment or negligent homicide gopiscrap May 2013 #151