Teen Dies After Accidental Shooting at Florida Gun Range

[Judi Lynn]

Source: ABC News Radio

Teen Dies After Accidental Shooting at Florida Gun Range
Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 11:30PM by Author Kelly Terez

SARASOTA, Fla.) -- A teen is dead after he was accidentally shot at a Florida gun range, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.

The 14-year-old was killed at the High Noon Gun Range in Sarasota, Florida, on Sunday.

According to ABC News affiliate WWSB-TV, the teen was brought to Sarasota Memorial Hospital where he died from his injuries.

Sarasota deputies and forensics units are investigating the incident, according to officials.




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[ornotna]

1. Sarasota in the news again

with another sad story.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20160703/article/160709865

[msongs]

2. every gun shooting has specific causes, they are never "accidents" nt

[Aristus]

3. A gun range.

If there's a place one might expect to find "trained, responsible, law-abiding gun-owners", I would think it would be a gun range.

I guess not...

[TeddyR]

13. Eh, not so much

I've been to the range a number of times when there are folks there who have clearly never handled a firearm or had any training whatsoever. I try to stay away from those individuals.

[SwankyXomb]

4. Another case of negligence, another 'gun accident'

[CBGLuthier]

5. His father is a fucking idiot who should be charged with manslaughter.

Read what this asshole did

Brumby was in the last shooting lane at the range with a solid wall on his right-hand side, an email from the sheriff’s office said. Around 3:15 p.m., Brumby fired a round and the spent shell casing struck the wall. When it did, it deflected back and hit Brumby’s shirt, the email said.

“Brumby then used his right hand, which was holding the handgun, in an attempt to remove the casing,” the sheriff’s office said. “While doing so, he inadvertently pointed the firearm directly behind him and accidentally fired.”

http://patch.com/florida/sarasota/dad-accidentally-shot-killed-son-sarasota-gun-range-deputies


I abhor guns but I have enough god damned sense to know you do not engage in casual activities with a loaded weapon in your hand.

Criminal negligence.

[lark]

6. NRA are total hypocrites

They say enforce the laws that we have, then fight like hellcats to make the laws toothless and make sure gun killers do not do the time. The only thing they care about are gun sales, they don't care one whit about human lives. That guy needs to go to jail and have his gun rights revoked forever, won't happen in FL.

[annominous]

7. Just a terrible accident.

That's what the cops will say, c'mon, this happened in Florida where home-made back-yard shooting ranges are legal. That's also what the gun nuts will say, though it happened at a frickin' shooting range as one particular gun aficionado was passing the nut to the next generation.

imo real accidents are genuinely random and genuinely uncontrollable. Any "gun accident" is, by definition, not random and is controllable. Casual handling of a loaded firearm at a gun range especially doesn't qualify as "an accident".

The gun nuts always say the same thing, they say "don't take away my gun because some a$$hole didn't practice gun safety and had an accident". They all say that every time one of these "accidents" occur, never imagining they will be the a$$hole in the news next week, and it'll be some one in their family (usually is) who pays the price.

RIP, kid. Dead at his father's hand, only 14 years old.

[politicaljunkie41910]

15. Wow!!! His 24 yr old son and his 12 yr old daughter got to watch their brother

shot and killed by their father. I'm sure that left a lasting impression that they will never forget. Just another Sunday afternoon at the High Noon Firing Range. How appropriate the name for the activity.

[Person 2713]

16. Thanks for filling in the story! There were ?s but now it's easier to understand

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Where are the Right to Lifers?

What's the sense in being Right to Life and Pro-gun?

Are they raising them for a harvest of sorts?

[jtuck004]

9. Apparently his dad shot him. A hot shell casing fell down the back of his shirt, and he reached

to get it out with the same hand he had the gun in. Shot his son who was standing behind him.

24 year old brother and a 12 year old sister got to watch.

http://www.winknews.com/2016/07/03/14-year-old-dies-in-accidental-shooting-at-sarasota-gun-range/

[skepticscott]

14. As expected, when the facts came out

this was NOT an "accident". It was grotesque negligence and stupidity in the handling of a loaded gun. The father should be charged with involuntary manslaughter, but because of our gun-worshipping culture, everyone will judge that he's "suffered enough".

[SoCalMusicLover]

10. That's A Shame

But at least he gets to keep his gun.

[SoCalMusicLover]

11. Get Right Back On That Horse!

I hope this does not deter Dad from continuing to raise his children to be responsible and safe gun owners......like himself.

Clearly, this was a complete accident, and very little could have been done to prevent it. And people do dangerous things all the time. From driving to work, going into a swimming pool, of even having sharp knives in their homes. Guns are just a part of life, and like they say, "accidents happen."

He needs to get those other kids back out to the range, and let this be a lesson for them on what not to do. And really, what are the odds it will happen again? Must be astronomical.

Thoughts, Prayers & Guns.

[eastwestdem]

12. Wow, and here I thought that would be a totally safe place for kids. nt

[Night Watchman]

17. "High Noon Gun Range"

Well, with a name like that, you know they emphasize safety above all else!