Comments | notbamf: Twosday.

notbamf

Twosday.

Feb 24, 2009 15:53

Big news in the Pittsburgh area of late is the story of an eleven year old boy who shot his stepmom dead with a shotgun, then left with his younger step-sister to go to school ( Read more... )

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Comments 21

someoneingrey February 24 2009, 23:02:06 UTC

Ok, so, I’m an NRA member, I will say that up front. (Yes, I owned a gun at 12, it was a 22, not a shotgun, and I only ever shot it at the target.)

The thing I want to know is, what made the kid think this was the only way out? Was he abused, did he feel like he was being abused even if he wasn’t? Why wasn’t the gun locked?

Yes, guns kill people, but generally not without their being a people pulling the trigger. So I want to know all the contributing factors.

notbamf February 25 2009, 21:01:33 UTC

It seems like his motivation right now was just jealousy. He didn't like sharing his dad/family.

someoneingrey February 26 2009, 01:45:54 UTC

oh. well, that sorta changes things.

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notbamf February 25 2009, 21:02:17 UTC

Nope. And he deserves much worse. But still....he is just eleven, so his whole life is wasted if he's in prison for several years.

sensorium February 25 2009, 03:01:04 UTC

Wow, how sad. And yeah, I don't really have a problem with guns for adults, BUT dear god, of course kids shouldn't have guns. Wow.

I like Flight of the Conchords but I could see how you wouldn't. I haaaate it when someone shows me something that I find to be totally boring but I just have to laugh like I like it.

notbamf February 25 2009, 21:03:12 UTC

I can see how I wouldn't, too. Pretty clearly, really. :)

curiousillusion February 25 2009, 03:19:53 UTC

Dude that's disturbing. The story about that kid, I mean. I always hate when they say, well he was just a kid, he doesn't understand, he didn't realize that dead means actually dead, etc. I'll just never understand how a kid can do that. And you're totally right, there was no reason for a child to have access to something that could kill someone, as that shotgun obviously was capable of.

Sigh. This world...

notbamf February 25 2009, 21:04:05 UTC

Yeah...I don't know. Every instinct in my body is to blame being a hillbilly gun idiot, so I'm just going with that. :)

parlet February 25 2009, 06:57:15 UTC

Just out of curiousity (and I'm too lazy to look it up), what part of Pittsburgh did that happen in?

notbamf February 25 2009, 21:04:33 UTC

Oh jeez. I want to say Lawrence County? Or Butler? But I'm obviously not 100%.

parlet February 26 2009, 01:19:57 UTC

Well, neither one of those places would be a huge surprise.