Responsible gun owners? Woman arrested after her 11-year-old son shoots her in the head

[malaise]

http://www.yourjewishnews.com/2013/02/w6661.html
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In an ironic turn of events, a mother was arrested after she was shot in the head by her son.

36-year-old Stacy Duggan, of Lenoir City, Tennessee, was rushed to University of Tennessee Medical Center, where she was treated for serious injuries caused by the gunshot wounds.

Duggan was listed in critical condition, after her 11-year-old son accidentally shot her in the head with a loaded gun he found in the house.

When the mother recovered she was arrested and charged with child neglect.

Her husband, Dan Duggan, was also arrested and charged with neglect for carrying a loaded gun within the reach of a child.

[ZombieHorde]

1. Sucks that she was shot and arrested, but I completely understand

why she was arrested. Children should not have access to firearms unless a responsible adult is right there with the child.

[msongs]

2. sounds reasonable, as their behavior could have led to a non-family member getting blasted nt

[marions ghost]

3. Arrest the parents no matter what

--if a child gets access to a gun (even if they don't critically injure someone).

It may seem harsh, but this is the only way to stop this stuff.

And this certainly is neglect.

[HiPointDem]

5. getting shot in the head isn't a sufficient deterrent?

[Deep13]

7. No brain, no pain. nt

[marions ghost]

8. Like I said

it is a crime that anybody should be shot in the head by a child.

If the parents go to jail anytime a child is found to have access to guns (even if there is no injury to others) then it would go a long way to stopping this.

I don't care if it was a mother or a neighbor getting hurt or killed, the parents are responsible. In this case we don't know that maybe one or the other parent was more guilty of neglect than the other. But if you don't have deterrents that are enforced, people will be stupid enough to get shot by their own kid.

[99Forever]

9. There is no deterrent for stupid.

There are however, some (few and weak) laws about responsible gun ownership and parenting, even if the Delicate Flowers don't like them.

It's nice to see one of them enforced, as it happens so rarely.

[HiPointDem]

10. why bother arresting them, may as well shoot them since they're so stupid and untrainable.

(sarcasm)

[99Forever]

13. Why are you asking me?

Ask the NRA, they are in charge of excuses for Delicate Flowers.

[treestar]

28. Probably not

Anyone dumb enough to be in that situation is likely to rationalize it.

[malaise]

15. +1,000 n/t

[Thinkingabout]

4. It has a lot to do with sensible guns and sensible owners.

[Zoeisright]

19. Of which there are NONE.

I'm fucking sick of that phrase. Anyone who thinks they need a gun in this day and age who doesn't hunt for food is about as fucking sensible as a snail trying to hump a rhinoceros.

[Ilsa]

27. Do you want to ake any more

Exceptions to that rule besides hunters? Because I know of plenty of folks living in the country where rattlesnakes and other wild animals have to be killed with a gun, not a hoe. Rattlesnakes will park themselves right on your front porch.

[Deep13]

6. Stupidity is pretty dangerous. nt

[LittleBlue]

11. It's their own damn fault

Awful that such a thing would happen, but you take a risk when you leave loaded guns lying around for children. Thankfully no one died.

[Hoyt]

12. Another couple of fools who considered themselves responsible gun owners right up until . . . . . .

[Cronus Protagonist]

14. Ban them from gun ownership for life

That simple measure, applied to any, and I mean any infraction of the slightest, and you will see almost 100% compliance from these fools. They love their guns more than their kids, their own lives or their freedom. Take that away for having a gun lying around, loaded or not, and guns will never be left lying around. Take all their guns away and never let them have another as long as they live.

Problem. Solved.

[malaise]

16. Great idea

[marions ghost]

17. That is what it would take

actually getting tough on gun owners and forcing responsibility.

[Deep13]

24. A felony conviction will pretty much do that. nt

[Politicalboi]

18. She's lucky her kid is alive

She could be without a head wound, and facing more time behind bars, all while grieving for her son while she and her husband are in jail.

[The Straight Story]

20. Well, apparently there are laws are ready designed to handle this

Glad to see they are being used.

[talkingmime]

21. Karma?

[harkonen]

22. Stupid is as Stoooopid Does & Allows/Enables to be Done

[ReRe]

23. This should be happening all over the country...

...in these cases of children getting their hands on parent's loaded fucking guns laying around the house. If the child kills himself, then the parent is charged with murder. If a child shoots and kills his parents, siblings, friends or teachers, the parent is charged with murder and the child is put up for adoption. IMHO.

[malaise]

25. Except that if he/she kills the parents

all they get is the Darwin Award

[Kolesar]

26. My drunkard brother in law used to leave loaded rifles out when the kids were over

...for a family picnic. He would also poach birds and rodents out of season.