3-Year-Old S.C. Boy Killed After Mistaking Pink Handgun for Toy

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3-Year-Old S.C. Boy Killed After Mistaking Pink Handgun for Toy

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US News • 2/05/13 12:38:52 pm • Views: 789

A 3-year-old boy in Greenville, South Carolina was shot in the head and killed on Friday after he started playing with a pink handgun because he thought it was a toy.
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Investigators determined that Tmorej and his 7-year-old sister had been playing with a pink handgun when the incident occurred.

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Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. Blame the shooter.

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HappyWarrior Tue, Feb 5, 2013 12:40:44pm

Really sad. Poor kid.

ThomasLite Tue, Feb 5, 2013 2:13:38pm

To be fair, the fuckwad who lets a gun, especially one looking like a toy but really any gun, lying around unattended with small children around let alone those who, seemingly from the article, have not even been instructed in basic firearms safety (and preferably around any children at all) is most to blame here. This is as stupid and senseless as kids dying from drinking something funny-coloured from the sink cabinet because the lid wasn’t childproofed. damn…

ThomasLite Tue, Feb 5, 2013 2:14:26pm

Oh and really, bright pink gun? REALLY? That just feels wrong (and yes, I know there’s plenty of those around…)

theheat Tue, Feb 5, 2013 2:25:17pm

There are numerous gun nut blogs depicting women getting their badass on with photos posing with their pink guns. There’s a sporting goods store near where we live with a few pink rifles on display. They seem to be popular with conservative feminist types - the anti-choice, anti-gay, hunt your dinner, honor thy husband types; Bachmann, Palin, Barnhardt, etc. Who needs Victoria’s Secret when you can have pink camo underwear?

But pink guns, to me, is a lot like selling bulk rat poison in really pretty Tupperware: Just another bad idea. And leaving guns laying around your kids never turns out well.

ThomasLite Tue, Feb 5, 2013 2:29:04pm

Yeah, I know it’s ‘in’ with such folk.
It’s just wrong IMO: I’ve got nothing against firearms (quite the opposite) but really, you’re holding a deadly weapon. For all kinds of legitimate and potentially fun purposes, sure - but making it look ‘cute’ or in any way less dangerous than it is feels really, really wrong.
I actually think “scary black guns” ought to be the standard: make sure everyone realizes pretty damn well what the damn thing is made for!

celticdragon Tue, Feb 5, 2013 3:46:12pm

re: #5 ThomasLite

Yeah, I know it’s ‘in’ with such folk.
It’s just wrong IMO: I’ve got nothing against firearms (quite the opposite) but really, you’re holding a deadly weapon. For all kinds of legitimate and potentially fun purposes, sure - but making it look ‘cute’ or in any way less dangerous than it is feels really, really wrong.
I actually think “scary black guns” ought to be the standard: make sure everyone realizes pretty damn well what the damn thing is made for!

I agree completely. Guns should never look cute or non threatening. They should never look like a toy.

EPR-radar Tue, Feb 5, 2013 3:49:02pm

re: #6 celticdragon

I agree completely. Guns should never look cute or non threatening. They should never look like a toy.

Also agreed. These are lethal weapons, and need to be treated as such at all times.

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