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Two-year old kills his mother in Idaho

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soontobe Wed 31-Dec-14 07:51:20

I agree that the gun laws in the USA are ridiculous.
Who ever thought it was a good idea that you can literally buy bullets at the same time as you buy your food.
Or who needs 10 types of guns in one house. 1 for every room I suppose?

She may have had the gun in her bag because she was going to buy bullets.
Dont know why it was loaded.
I dont know if she was in an unsafe area, or even part of a gang, or her partner part of a gang - I dont read or listen to much actual news.

A tragedy heaped upon many tragedies in that country.

soontobe Wed 31-Dec-14 07:48:14

I dont know what puts it into their heads in the first place.
My boys watched very little tv before they started using lego for bashing. Ditto cardboard boxes etc.
They were at playgroup from 2 and 1/2 but it wasnt encouraged there.
My personal opinion for what it is worth, is they have a grr feeling inside them. And I am going to say that I think that the grr feeling is stronger in boys than girls[I have boys and girls].

I am going to put another controversial view.
A lot of parents dont approve of plastic swords and the like.
Are they the same parents or different ones, who think of soldiers as heros?

vampirequeen Wed 31-Dec-14 07:25:09

Did they think he was Stewie out of Family Guy?

It's a tragedy for the entire family. Imagine how that child will feel when he grows up and learns that he killed his own mother.

absent Wed 31-Dec-14 05:02:25

A toddler on a family outing to Walmart found a loaded gun in his mother's bag and shot her. This tragic horror is not just about ridiculous gun laws , such as why the hell did she have a loaded gun in a supermarket, why was there no safety on the gun and why does anyone, except law enforcement, have a concealed gun licence (she did), but why little boys, in particular, have this obsession with guns. My grandsons pick up sticks and use the hobby horses' sticks and baseball bats as "guns" and my daughter reckons all little boys do that. She's probably right – but what is putting it into their heads in the first place? Films, television, Nerff guns in toyshops? Ironically, the Sheriff and a Lieutenant stated that "This shooting appears to be accidental". The poor little chap was two, for God's sake.