A 13-year-old boy killed himself on Monday, April 10, in the southeast Atlanta, Georgia suburb of Forest Park.
He was in his bedroom, playing with a 9mm handgun and live-streaming his "fun" on Instagram. Apparently, the magazine was out and one of his friends in the livestream audience told him to insert the magazine.
News stories are incomplete, and some are just plain erroneous.
The gun didn't (just) go off. It wasn't an accident. He was negligent. He was ignorant about the operation of that gun.
Some semi-automatic pistols are designed not to fire when the magazine is removed, even if there is a bullet in the barrel. Or he racked the slide after he inserted the magazine, thereby loading a round into the barrel.
From news articles, it appears the gun was from outside the family home. Where does a 13-year-old get a gun?
This is a tragedy, but one that was totally avoidable. This is a solid example of why firearms safety should be taught in schools, as early as elementary school.
Instead, the liberals in this country generate fear of guns and do everything they can to prevent exposure of gun to youth.
You never know who is interested…
3 months ago
1 comment:
Been around guns my entire adult life. Never had one "go off" all by itself. It took another ingredient called a human being who pulled the trigger. Guns simply do not "go off".
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