Boy shot, killed trick-or-treating; two injured **Update #62

[Lady's Human]

Define "children"

If you're using CDC stats, then those "children" include those in the 18-21 y/o age group, who are hardly children.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Define "children"

If you're using CDC stats, then those "children" include those in the 18-21 y/o age group, who are hardly children.

American Academy of Pediatrics. Do I understand then that you think it is okay to kill people after they reach a certain age? Once the are 18 what the heck?

It is a flawed argument to try and compare guns and 5 gallon buckets. Five gallon buckets exist to contain water or other materials. Guns exists to kill.

[lvpets2002]

This is such a Horrible & Tragic Story.. How Horrible for the family..

[mruffruff]

How can anyone justify an AK47? Law abiding citizens don't want them.

[Lady's Human]

As usual, the media blows it. Actual AK-47 assult rifles are very, very difficult to get, and there aren't many in the US.

ES, it's not that there's a magical age where it's "okay" to kill someone, but to say that something needs to be done to "protect the children" while using stats which include 24 year old adults is disingenuous at best.

[Edwina's Secretary]

ES, it's not that there's a magical age where it's "okay" to kill someone, but to say that something needs to be done to "protect the children" while using stats which include 24 year old adults is disingenuous at best.

Okay...so if it is only five children a day...is that okay? (And I found stats as high as 15 children a day are killed by firearms but choose to go with the more conservative number.)

You quibble with the numbers to avoid addressing the issue.

What is the number of children killed by firearms on average each day in the country that is acceptable?

[Lady's Human]

Regardless they aren't killed by the gun, they're killed by whoever pulls the trigger. A gun is an inanimate object, and cannot do anthing by itself.