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05-21-2016 , 12:45 PM

#22501

Melkerson

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Westley

Texas stepfather shoots 3 year old stepson in the head who 'would not stop jumping on the bed'

Murcia!

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FYP. Still inexcusable, of course.

05-21-2016 , 07:55 PM

#22502

LASJayhawk

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Quote:

Originally Posted by [Phill]

If you have kids I hope they don't get shot in the face because of a stupid piece of paper written by some slave raping savages.

Those would be the people that took on the British Empire and won. What galls you more, that we did it or that the French helped.

Quote:

And the stupid stupid pathetic small handed gutless cowards who still think it is relevant today.

That was the general feeling in England circa 1930 too. But is seems in the end you preferred shooting Germans with guns we gave you than learning to speek German.

About the time someone says it will never happen again, it does.

05-21-2016 , 08:33 PM

#22503

formula72

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Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,380

Quote:

Originally Posted by master3004

Not sure where to post this, but this seems as good of a thread as any since it spawned "That's on them."

My not having a gun saved a life yesterday.

My 14 year old daughter attempted suicide last night. After a very long morning that left me considerably numb, she came out of the drug induced OD coma and was able to come off the ventilator, where she immediately told us she regretted doing it.

She doesn't have the chance to regret anything if I have a gun in my house. And while we are not out of the woods yet, the fact that we had Ibuprofein in the house instead of Tylenol may be what saves her life. Instead of acute liver failure, we may just be dealing with ulcers. It is still touch and go, an expired medication with Tylenol as a component was also used, and her levels of toxicity by Tylenol were much beyond OD levels. We are lucky to have caught the act within 4 hours, and assuming all of her major organs hold with the help of the medications used to combat OD, she will likely live without major problems.

The chances of brain damage seem to be 0, but the expired meds she took can lead to highly increased heartrate up to 48 hours after consumption, so she is under strict watch.

My daughter is a strong person who went through a weak moment and was consumed by the chemicals in her brain to commit an almost irreversible act, and she has emerged scathed but alive. She is one of the lucky few who will get a second chance after making the decision she did.

I shudder to think that a bright girl who is suffering from obvious (obvious now of course, missing the signs is something that will haunt me) chemical depression would be shrugged off by the Ikes of this thread as this act being "on her" were she to have found a gun instead of taken a tremendous amount of pills (We are estimating roughly 300-400 at this point.)

To those who have ever lost someone in this manner, be it by gun or any other means, my heart goes out to you. The pain of the attempt alone is immense, and nothing I would wish on my worst enemy. I hope we figure out a way to stop the sheer number of this senselessness in this country sometime in my life.

JFC, master. You don't need to post on a public forum on the internet that your daughter just attempted suicide and that Daddy saved her life by not owning a gun. Your family is the most important element, more so than your hatred of guns. Is she aware that you told the world about what happened to her?

05-21-2016 , 08:35 PM

#22504

steve1238

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Quote:

Originally Posted by formula72

Careful, similar words earned me a week off.

05-22-2016 , 07:44 PM

#22505

Melkerson

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Five year old shoots herself:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...ng_shower.html

05-22-2016 , 08:12 PM

#22506

renodoc

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Sorry about your daughter Master

If you had a gun in your house wouldn't it be appropriately locked up and inaccessible to your teenager?

05-22-2016 , 08:21 PM

#22507

2OutsNoProb

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In an ideal world, yes. That's the general idea, but as you can see, many don't adhere to such safety measures.

05-22-2016 , 08:48 PM

#22508

JimHammer

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Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8,742

Quote:

Originally Posted by renodoc

Sorry about your daughter Master

If you had a gun in your house wouldn't it be appropriately locked up and inaccessible to your teenager?

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2OutsNoProb

In an ideal world, yes. That's the general idea, but as you can see, many don't adhere to such safety measures.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melkerson

Five year old shoots herself:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...ng_shower.html

From that article:

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Ursin told local CBS affiliate WWL said that the whole thing was a bit unusual because the father, a military veteran, would often speak about the importance of gun safety. “He would tell them about the dangers and he had this thing about safety,"

05-23-2016 , 02:48 PM

#22509

Cornboy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by renodoc

Sorry about your daughter Master

If you had a gun in your house wouldn't it be appropriately locked up and inaccessible to your teenager?

People forget. There was a police chief here in New Hampshire, claims he always kept his handgun locked up at home. Except for the time he didn't (he placed it on top of the gun locker), and his live-in girlfriend's son killed himself. The Chief was charged with negligent storage of a firearm.

Spoilers for the results of the case:

Spoiler:

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05-23-2016 , 03:27 PM

#22510

[Phill]

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Melkerson

Five year old shoots herself:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...ng_shower.html

Now that right there is a good dad. No way he would talk about his daughter attempting suicide on the internet.

05-23-2016 , 03:33 PM

#22511

goofball

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Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 20,426

Quote:

Originally Posted by renodoc

Sorry about your daughter Master

If you had a gun in your house wouldn't it be appropriately locked up and inaccessible to your teenager?

Gosh if only there were a way to be even more safe than having a gun in the house but locked up...

05-23-2016 , 04:56 PM

#22512

Noze

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Yeah a 5 year old girl about 40 minutes away just shot herself dead over the weekend while her dad was in the shower. Fun stuff.

05-23-2016 , 05:04 PM

#22513

MrWookie

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That's on her.

05-23-2016 , 05:15 PM

#22514

Riverman

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Gun tards are just the absolute ****ing worst. Nothing in politics is remotely close to being as infuriating as USA gun lunacy.

05-25-2016 , 09:33 PM

#22515

Huehuecoyotl

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This was a stupid thing to do Katie

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ers-as-idiots/

05-26-2016 , 09:23 PM

#22516

RowdyOne

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i keep one by each door and in each room
locked and loaded
12guage semi auto in the corner with defender slugs

05-26-2016 , 10:04 PM

#22517

master3004

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children?

05-26-2016 , 11:09 PM

#22518

JimHammer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RowdyOne

i keep one by each door and in each room
locked and loaded
12guage semi auto in the corner with defender slugs

Quote:

Originally Posted by master3004

children?

The kids can get their own guns.

05-28-2016 , 06:18 AM

#22519

sumey

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RowdyOne

i keep one by each door and in each room
locked and loaded
12guage semi auto in the corner with defender slugs

Do you get a semi whenever you walk past them?

05-28-2016 , 04:27 PM

#22520

Westley

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sumey

Do you get a semi whenever you walk past them?

I love that in his head it's brag.

(By love I mean I die a little inside)

05-31-2016 , 04:33 PM

#22521

33 Big Blinds

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

This was a stupid thing to do Katie

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ers-as-idiots/

Several in this thread have vehemently argued that there is not any sort of media bias on the matter, glad to see someone of that level finally getting caught manipulating their audience.