louisiana boy kills grandmother

[jerseyben]

La. judge says child who accidentally shot grandmother can live at home - CNN.com

 

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[Mekong Mike]

I think he popped her in the head because she told him to do something he didn't like. This type behavior is becoming more common.

We are living in crazy times.

 

[onfire]

Have they gotten crazy because of the school lunch program? Don't remember all that's going on before that.

 

[ivan salis]

no more grand theft video game for you , young man --- pop-- they said "care giver" on the news not grandma ---hum odd.

so the kid can "live with his mom and dad and 2 other kids now " --oh joy you just killed your dads mother , it should be such a happy family now.

 

[jerseyben]

1. This type of behavior is learned in a home environment.
2. Why was a loaded weapon with no safety readilly accessible to a young child?
3. Why wasn't the kid being supervised properly? I say this because if he was plopped in front of a video game, then the caregiver obviously did not know what the kid was up to.

At this age, I doubt the kid knew the consequences of his action. I doubt he even knew the difference between a real gun and fake gun.

I was previously lambasted by a few individuals for advocating teaching kids gun safety in school. Well, I think this incident is proof that such safety classes would be beneficial to teach kids to respect guns and how to tell the difference between a toy and the real thing.

Whoever gave the kid unfettered access to the weapon is ultimately the one responsible for this tragedy.

 

[ivan salis]

GRANNY SCREWED UP BY BOTH BY ALLOWING HIM TO PLAY SUCH VIOLENT GAMES AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE , AND BY LEAVING A GUN WHERE HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON IT --AND FOR HAVING HIM WANDERING ABOUT "BEHIND HER" HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE COUCH BESIDE HER WATCHING WHATEVER SHE WAS WATCHING WITH HER. --ONE MUST "CONTROL" YOUNG CHILDREN --TEACHING THEM AT A YOUNG AGE THE "DANGERS" OF GUNS IF THERE IS A GUN IN THE HOUSE IS JUST GOOD COMMN SENSE.

 

[jeff of pa]

I don't think the game had anything to do with it.
IF I'm not Mistaken there is No guns in grand theft, it's all Driving,
unless they made a bank Robbery version.

The Boy & the grandmother shared a Bedroom ?
Not sure that is Normal, even at 8.

if it had been an 8 year old Girl & Grandfater
what I'm saying would be obvious

The gun should not have been in her purse & Loaded ,
It should have at least had a trigger Lock on it at Home.

I blame the Grandmother & am glad the DA realized the Kid was Innocent
of all but being a Kid & making a mistake.