2y ago

Child dies after accidentally being shot in the chest at a target practice area

www.azfamily.com

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There was a lot of poor choices working in concert to allow this accident to even happen, but based off the article there was nothing maliciously stupid, or grossly negligent in the context of rural southern AZ.
You know, whenever a kid gets accidentally shot, I think of all the other 359x359 directions the bullet could have gone and wonder how many millions of stray shots are flying around.
- New years in some places are literally Russian roulette.
  
  What do you mean?
I feel like by the time the tide turns on gun control people will be so frustrated that repeal of the second will be on the table.
- This isn’t a gun control issue.
  
  You are right, it is not a gun control issue, it is a gun culture problem.
  
  Isn't it?
  Where I live, this would be impossible because you wouldn't be allowed to shoot guns somewhere kids can ride through. That's gun control, and it includes air guns.
  
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- The article says it was actually an air rifle pellet, which is probably always going to be legal. They are quite powerful for some models.
- Not as long as parents like this are bringing sacrifices
  
  Thank you for your contribution, Vaginal_blood_fart.
How about you don't let the kid play anywhere near a shooting range let alone leave the possibility for them to drive right onto it with an ATV. It sounds more like reckless manslaughter rather than an accident to me
- It wasn’t a shooting range. That part of Arizona is pretty rural, and it looks like they rolled onto some land where people were doing target practice. Not uncommon for a rural community.
  
  This is exactly how I ended up getting shot at while hiking. A bunch of drunk assholes decided to do target practice without checking what was down range, or they just didn't care that they were shooting towards a trail. Either way, bullets were hitting trees near us so we took off running back the way we came.
- It’s pretty common in AZ that off-road trails where you take vehicles double as target practice areas. On the side of a trail will be an area with backstops (basically the side of a mountain or just dirt hills) where people setup targets and shoot. The desert is a big place out there but there are also a lot of random dirt bikes and ATVs around. Supposed to be the responsibility of the people doing target shooting to watch out for people.
  
  Supposed to be but most gun owners are drunk idiots so here we are.
- Shooting a BB gun / air rifle on some private acreage isn’t exactly crazy gun culture.
- Just another moron who either didn't read, or understand the article, and definitely doesn't understand the realities of living in a rural desert like southern Arizona.
an air rifle can kill?? wtf kind of air rifle is this?
- I'm sure a paint ball to the eye could potentially kill someone too.
If only she had a gun to defend herself with!

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