05-02-2015, 12:55 AM
(05-01-2015, 10:21 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: In Phoenix, a 2-year-old grabbed a gun while being baby sat by his aunt and grandmother and shot himself in the face. Part of his skull has been removed to relieve the swelling; he's in critical condition. An investigation is underway. No charges have been filed. Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-arizo...f-in-face/
Meanwhile, yet again, a gun was carelessly left by a government employee in the tourist-heavy Capitol building. Unbelievable.
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Capitol Police officers misplaced their loaded guns in plain sight on at least three separate occasions, including once when a small child found the weapon, according to a Roll Call analysis of a Capitol Police Board report.
One officer assigned to protect Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) left his gun in a toilet seat cover holder in a bathroom stall in the Capitol Visitor Center in January.
Another assigned to the detail of Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) left a firearm in the bathroom of the Speaker’s suite, where a 7- or 8-year-old visiting child discovered the gun. The Glock pistol left by Boehner’s detail does not have a traditional locking mechanism and could still be fired when left out, Roll Call reported.
A janitor found the third pistol out in the Capitol Police headquarters, according to the paper.
Ref: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-r...place-guns
Instead of all the headlines re shaming of a 5 year old kindergarten student having to cover herself with shirt and pants after wearing a sundress to school (spaghetti straps are dangerous according to school as boys can untie them, thus exposing chest of little girl), these assholes should be shamed by having their names, pictures and asinine actions plastered all over the news media with label of stupid politician and/or citizen. Our priorities are messed up...sundresses on a 5 year old is not going to kill anyone, but that gets more of a headline that an irresponsible person handling a weapon and that is exactly why we have to cut off the head of the NRA....it is all about money to them and they have disgraced the original intent of this organization. Like I have said over and over, there are just too many stupid, careless, irresponsible, idiots out there who should never own any type of weapon.