"Was the shooting death of a 7-year old boy preventable?"
The recent death of a 7-year old boy who was shot by his mother’s boyfriend’s 5-year old son was devastating to me. For those of you who didn’t hear about this story, click here:http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070928/NEWS03/709280328
The saddest part is that the mother wasn’t even aware that the gun was in the house. Apparently, she didn’t live there. I believe it was her boyfriend’s home.
She stated that she didn’t like guns.
A lot of parents are aware that guns should be placed in a locked box or cabinet out of a child’s reach. However, how can we control what goes on at other people’s homes?
The most logical solution is to keep an eye on your child at all times, but all moms know that this is not always possible; especially if you have more than one child.
What could this mother have done to prevent this tragic accident?
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Labels: 7-year old, boy, gun safety, shooting
posted by Melissa Swanson at 12:09 PM
Melissa is a student, a working mom, and the mother of 4 boys (ages 4, 7, 8, and 10). She is costantly fueled by the tenacity of her boys and their ability to make her laugh! What they say is true, "Laughter is the best medicine!"
11 Comments:
I guess if she knew that her boyfriend had a gun in the house, make him put it away somewhere. If she didn't know that, there's not much she could have done in my opinion.
It's a scary thing to think that something like this could happen without it even crossing your mind. How many places have you taken your children that there could have been a gun in the home? Just something to think about.
this tragedy is one of the worse I've seen in a very long time for losing a child is very difficult as a mother of 2 boys ages 1 and 2 I just couldn't imagine life without my boys. so to the mother of that adorable little angel i wish to tell you to be strong my sista for I do not know personaly what your going through, but just know your in my prayer daily and nerver loose faith.
K.Coleman
Bossier City
If you don't know someone well enough to know if they own guns or do drugs, then you don't know them well enough to go into their house with your children.
Did she ever THINK to ASK if guns were in the house?
WHY would something like that NOT cross her mind???
This is something that could happened to us all. We all have friends {GOOD FRIENDS} but we always seem to think they would have enough sense to put guns away from children. Did the friend have children in the home ? If so why in the world did he not lock it up. I know that we as parents have lot of responiblity but we can not trust people not even your best friends in cases at these. Children always want to show them to friends and that when they get hurt. We need to put handguns out of the reach of everyone. I personally believe if you have a handgun in your house it must be locked up in a safe. This family, I will lift them up in my prayers. I cant imagine what their going through. And for the friend he should be held responible for as well as the mother.We cant take our eyes off of children ever!!!
I have to say....
I don't always ask everyone who's house I go to if they have a gun or drugs. Just b/c you trust someone doesn't mean that they don't have that stuff. I hope that the people that I trust would not do something that could harm my children, but you never know. My heart just goes out to this mother. It breaks my heart
You can bet when I take my children to someones house, I will ask them if they have hand guns in their house and I will ask to see them are my kids will not stay at their house. We have to that strict with children. Since my cousin was shot in the eye at the age of 10years old by a BB gun about 25 years agoI have been a very cautious parent. I personally believe this could have been prevented by the parents. It will be a very hard lesson to live by but this happens so much. Prayers to the family.
I hate to put any blame on that mother. I'm sure it never crossed her mind that it was a possibility. It's sad, but stories like this spread awareness about gun safety.
We always had guns in our home when I was growing up. Maybe not handguns but hunting rifles. My husband hunts and we have guns put away in closets not loaded.
I guess I think that the boyfriend should have been more diligent in teaching/watching his own child.
I have heard of this happening before and nobody ever recovers from it
No, it wasn't preventable, it absolutely HAD to happen. What kind of question is that???
I was asking if there were any opinions on if the mother could have predicted this. How could she have known?
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