In Salt Lake City yesterday, a 16-year-old boy shot himself in the head thinking the gun was not loaded. He later died at the hospital. Salt Lake City police Lt. Scott White said, “[We] don’t know how he got the gun, came upon the gun, where the gun was, why it wasn’t locked, put away, separated from the ammunition; all the kinds of gun safety things that we should all try to practice.”
But don’t all those safety things negate the whole reason for owning a gun? If we are protecting ourselves with guns, then the gun has to be loaded and ready when the bad guys bust the door down – doesn’t it?
Lawn darts are banned from sale in the United States, but you can still buy a gun. Lawn darts killed three people in the USA. Have you seen my list of names for February? That’s only a fraction of the homicides for February!
The tragic story of the teen is here:
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9735195
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