A Sad State Of Affairs

 In Florida 2-year-old Taj Ayesh got his little hands on his father's loaded pistol, pulled the trigger, and crumpled to the ground. You may have heard about 9-year-old Daniel Wiley, who was playing outside his house in Harrisburg, Texas, when a 13-year-old mishandled an unsecured shotgun, blasting Wiley in the face. Maybe you didn't hear about the case in which a child shot others and then committed suicide, but that also happened this year. Twice.

A year after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Mother Jones has analyzed the subsequent deaths of 194 children ages 12 and under who were reported in news accounts to have died in gun accidents, homicides, and suicides. They are spread across 43 states, from inner cities to tiny rural towns. From http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/12/children-killed-guns-newtown-anniversary.

In the meantime Wayne LaPierre, Mr. NRA gun selling shill, is quoted as saying “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.,”

Considering the results of the above study I would paraphrase ole Wayne by saying, “the only way to stop a bad child with a gun is with a good child with a gun. That'l teach'm.

Paul Hunter