So, a couple of morons decide to clean weapons over a bucket of beer. A toddler winds up getting shot. Good thing for the guys involved they were police officers or they would have been charged with a crime. Up next, a non police officer stupidly leaves his weapon where is kid can find it. Kid shoots the other kid. He was arrested after the funeral.

And it begs the question that Tam asked so eloquently:

Something tells me, however, that this was the kind of guy who didn’t put covers on the electical (sic) outlets. Or store dangerous chemicals in safe places. Or cook on the stove with the pot handles turned inwards. And if the child had been electrocuted, or drank a tall frosty glass of Drano, or died from severe burns after wearing a pot of boiling Ramen for a hat, would he still be free to get a chance to contribute to the death of another one of his children while we all shook our heads at the fateful “accident”? Are some kinds of negligence more heinous than others?

Of course it’s more heinous! It involved a gun!

Update: And, yes, I’m fully aware that the second is skewed by the fact the child died. However, drinking beer and shooting someone seems far more negligent than leaving a weapon out.

Posted in uncategorized on May 12th, 2008 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |