Child killed mother

[RustyShackelford]

Nashville TN....

A few years ago, a 2 year old girl shot her father with a loaded Glock pistol.
The rookie cop just got off duty(Nashville TN PD) and took his duty belt off, laying it on the kitchen table. The young girl drew the Glock then fired one round dead center into the officer's chest. He died at the scene.
These tragic events occur way too often.
All gun owners and armed professionals need to be more careful.

 

[Aragon]

I just saw this a few minutes ago. It appears a 2 year old child got the mothers gun out of her purse and shot/killed the woman. This is an example of failure on several fronts; carry location (off body), child not taught safety, holster, etc.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/30/us/idaho-walmart-shooting-accident-mother-toddler/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Carrying a concealed firearm "off body" is not necessarily a "failure." It's also not always the safest option.

Carrying a concealed firearm in an unsafe manner is always a failure.

 

[slumlord44]

Terrible thing to happen. I am wondering if she was occupied on her cell phone at the time? Also wonder what the gun was. A 2 year old can obviously fire a gun but not a lot of them and the circumstances would have to be just right. I would assume that the mother would rather it was her that ended up dead rather than her child. Still a disaster.

 

[blarby]

Since the child is two, we're unlikely to get a true trigger pull story.

However, if the weapon was not holstered, and simply allowed to swim about in a purse....

I can think of many small objects in a purse that would act as great levers in a confined space if they worked their way in the triggerguard....

However, we're still not clear on the mechanics according to the news. Hopefully, video will shed some light !

 

[Mitlov]

I think there's something to be said for either a thumb safety or DAO trigger if you're a parent. Obviously controlling access to the firearm is the most important part, but redundant levels of safety aren't a bad idea when little grabby hands are involved. Just my two cents, other's mileage may vary.

 

[Red Wind]

You don’t think the headline “Two year-old shoots Mother” would not make the AP or UPI wire in 1970? Anyone reading a newspaper in 1970 would have seen this story. I think you are remembering the good ol’ days better than they really were. Do you not recall that there were anti-gun newspapers that supported the GCA of 1968 two full years before 1970 that would have immediately published a story like this?

“Things Happen” is a very callus thing to write about this tragedy regardless of the circumstances that caused it. Such a statement plays right into the hands of the anti-gunners. It gives them one more example to site to make their case that gun people are insensitive brutes that should not be trusted to have firearms. Your comment, while not as harmful to the Pro-2A cause as this incident, is the kind of thoughtless statement that causes harm.

You are beyond hapless, 1970 or whatever! I'll wait for the harm. Pitiful, nonsensical., Progressive thought.

 

[X-Rap]

The presence of a gun and its condition can never be ignored, there is no shortage of kids, wives , girlfriends, and dogs discharging guns accidentally.

 

[Baron66]

I feel bad about what happened but we all know the risks of concealed carry. It can save lives or be a liability. In the end, I am sure she was just thankful that her children didn't get shot.

I have a three year old that I take care of 95% of the time. My guns are either attached to me (IWB holster) or in a safe. You cannot teach a toddler gun safety. They are still too young for that. You just have to keep it away from them.

I have NEVER and would NEVER leave a gun where my toddler could access it. That includes leaving it in a bag next to him in a shopping cart. She should have known better.

 

[leadcounsel]

These tragic events occur way too often.

While indeed tragic, they are an anomaly. Be very careful with this line of reasoning because it's a dangerous step toward the antis.

Take shark attacks. A total rare event, but the movie Jaws led to the slaughter of millions of sharks every year out of fear and loathing.

"Too often...." is the emotional (not rational) motive to initiate all sorts of silly and useless regulations.

 

[Red Wind]

While indeed tragic, they are an anomaly. Be very careful with this line of reasoning because it's a dangerous step toward the antis.

Take shark attacks. A total rare event, but the movie Jaws led to the slaughter of millions of sharks every year out of fear and loathing.

"Too often...." is the emotional (not rational) motive to initiate all sorts of silly and useless regulations.

So true. But the left blow it up to be a regularly scheduled event.

 

[Old Dog]

Northwest major newspapers' (of course, the Seattle Times et al) websites have the predictable posters'comments blaming the proliferation of guns with some positively aghast that a woman is actually carrying a gun in her purse.

The responsibility for this incident falls on the woman, regrettably deceased, but no one else. Knowingly keeping a firearm in her purse, inattentive enough to let an inquisitive toddler get hands into her purse?

 

[Robert]

This seems to be going nowhere useful or productive.