(03-19-2016, 10:24 AM)Belschaft Wrote:

(03-18-2016, 10:32 PM)Zak6858 Wrote: Toddlers? Wtf?

I really wish it wasn't true, but it is is. In 2015 an average of one child under three shot someone each week - usually themselves, a sibling or a parent - and these are just the incidents that made it to the media. Who knows how many toddler shootings didn't get reported?

Consider for a moment the example of the three year old boy who shot his one year old sister in the face in Florida, or the the three year old boy in Cleveland who found a loaded high calibre pistol in a cupboard and shot himself in the head. Or the girl who picked up her fathers gun and proceeded to shoot both her parents.

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These things do not happen anywhere else in the developed world.

The article you linked made me go off into several other ones which talked about all these seperate incidents. They are just saddening and scary.
Guns are one of the reasons I do not want to go to America. I am sure some people will fear for their life if they have to go over there.
For instance, over here only certain people can have a gun, such as farmers, people who do rifle shooting, police etc. But this is extremely regulated. I didn't even know my grandfather had a gun until a few weeks ago, when my dad was telling me about a time he had to shoot a snake (he lives on a farm, and I'm pretty sure killing most snakes are now illegal :/). The reason why I didn't know it is existed is because:
1. He can't just show people just because.
2. It's locked away in a cupboard that all the kids don't even know holds a gun.
3. He doesn't talk about it in a way that makes us curious.
Three simple steps have prevented stuff that goes on weekly in America. Hmm...