Current Events > 10-year-old boy shot by his babysitter while she was taking selfies with a gun

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/26/us/boy-shot-babysitter-selfie-trnd/index.html

A 10-year-old boy was accidentally shot by his babysitter when she was taking selfies while holding a gun, a Texas sheriff's office said.

The boy was taken to a hospital in critical condition, but is recovering.

The incident occurred at an apartment in Houston on Tuesday evening when the 19-year-old relative who was watching the child found a gun, according to tweets from the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Thinking the weapon was unloaded, the girl started posing and taking pictures with it, authorities said. That's when the gun went off, hitting the boy in the stomach.
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I had to read the topic title a few times to understand what happened.

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E32005 posted...

Texas

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ClunkerSlim posted...

At least he was protected against burglars.

i could see the nra making this a statement
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That said, whoever is the owner of that firearm is the one who is at fault here. You don't just leave a loaded gun out where anyone can find it. Totally reckless.

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MeltyAlert posted...

That said, whoever is the owner of that firearm is the one who is at fault here. You don't just leave a loaded gun out where anyone can find it. Totally reckless.

correct, but it's hard to imagine being absolutely stupid enough to start playing with guns you find in another person's house

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MeltyAlert posted...

That said, whoever is the owner of that firearm is the one who is at fault here. You don't just leave a loaded gun out where anyone can find it. Totally reckless.

This tbqh
Even though the babysitter is an adult and also at fault, the fact remains that this was an unsecured handgun in the house with a 10-year-old

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eston posted...

This tbqh
Even though the babysitter is an adult and also at fault, the fact remains that this was an unsecured handgun in the house with a 10-year-old

both are a fault.

i agree that owners of guns who allow this should be harshly punished with life in prison
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I wonder if her not having a gun would have changed the outcome.

coinstarcad posted...

I wonder if her not having a gun would have changed the outcome.

i think two guns would have. the one would cancel out the other

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The boy could have shot the bullet coming at him with his own gun if he had one.

a sentry gun could have just shot ALL the other guns before anyone touched them

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Yeeeeehaw
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viewmaster_pi posted...

i think two guns would have. the one would cancel out the other

gun math
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