Gun control discussion

[Edwina's Secretary]

Don't blame this on the gun, she could have just as easily bashed his head in with a baseball bat or something!

But she didn't. She didn't keep a baseball bat beside the bed. She kept a gun. And killed him.

He might have survived a baseball bat.

What could have been has nothing to do with what is. She shot him...with a gun...and he is dead.

I do not blame it on the gun. it is the fault of the person who had the gun. I hope she will be held accountable.

Either way -though - blame her or the gun - her husband is no less dead.

[Alysser]

Geez, and it wasn't even in the middle of the night or something. Seems a little fishy...I hope she gets some charges pressed too.

[Cataholic]

If it was intentional, she should be charged with manslaughter or murder (not sure of the necessary elements in the state). If it was accidental, she has a life sentence anyway. How very tragic.

It wasn't the gun's fault, of course, it was the fault of the untrained woman that held the gun. Like ES said, it is very possible he would have survived the baseball bat attack, or the pepper spray attack, a knife attack, or the alarm on the front door going off. Guns tend to make things so final.

[RICHARD]

If it was intentional, she should be charged with manslaughter or murder (not sure of the necessary elements in the state). If it was accidental, she has a life sentence anyway. How very tragic.

It wasn't the gun's fault, of course, it was the fault of the untrained woman that held the gun. Like ES said, it is very possible he would have survived the baseball bat attack, or the pepper spray attack, a knife attack, or the alarm on the front door going off. Guns tend to make things so final.

If she had a bat she could have bumped up her OBP........

[Edwina's Secretary]

Another "opps!" moment. Man shoots son... http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012...enage-son?lite

[Randi]

So what do you think would have happened if the father had not had a gun?

[caseysmom]

So what do you think would have happened if the father had not had a gun?

The boy had a weapon coming at the dad...the dad may have been killed by the son that was commiting a crime.