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In <micron.157.0002DFCD@5a.com>, micron@5a.com (Mike Ronn) writes:
>>(1) 12 year old boy in San Antonio blew his brains out yesterday, by
>>accident, playing with a gun his parents had purchased recently for the
>>family's protection.
>
>>(2) 14 year old girl (maybe 15), shot in the leg yesterday in an accident
>>in the classroom at Anderson highschool in Austin.  A fellow student, aged 
>>15, was showing off a weapon he had brought to school from home.
>
>>Next question?
>
>Yes..
>
>1) How does someone "accidentally" play with something?  Sounds like either 
>irresponsibilty by the parents for not keeping the gun unloaded and out of 
>reach, or not educating the child in gun safety.  It could also have been the 
>fault of the child for having been educated to not play with the gun, and 
>doing it anyway.

I'm not sure I follow this question.  What does it matter whether the play was
purposeful playing or accidental playing?  Playing is how we learn when we are
young.  Dolls, guns, war, tea-parties.  It's a natural thing.  I don't see how it
can be accidental, or the point of your question.  

Fault? I would look first to the parents for leaving a gun and ammunition out
where it could be played with, wouldn't you?  

My post was in response to someone asking where all the injuries were that
would result from relaxed gun laws.  There was no attempt made to determine
fault or accident.

>
>2) If kids were disciplined for bringing guns to school, these incidents would 
>be much less common.

Some places are sending them to jail.  It hasn't worked yet.

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