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Friday, May 24, 2013

A 5-year-old is being treated for a gunshot wound after accidentally being shot by his sister.

Little Rock Police Dept. Sgt. Cassandra Davis said police were called to the Baptist Hospital emergency room about 5 p.m. Thursday in relation to a child being shot in the ankle.

Davis said the incident happened after a father picked his five-and-six-year-old children up from daycare and had gone back to their home on Wynn St. He left the children in his truck while he went to get something from inside the home. While inside, he reportedly heard a loud 'bang' and saw the girl get out of the truck.

The girl apparently got the gun that her father kept in the truck's console and somehow shot her brother in the ankle. The father, who had a conceal carry permit, took his son to the hospital.

Detectives are interviewing and investigating the father, who could faces charges of Endangering the Welfare of a Minor.

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Louisiana Man Arrested Immediately for Accidental Shooting Death

Local news reports

A Harvey man is in custody in connection with a fatal shooting that he described as an accident, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Around midnight on Monday, just before the shooting, Phillip McClendon, 28, and another man were drinking in the victim’s garage, according to a witness.

When McClendon was interviewed by investigators, he said the shooting of Robert Casbon, 32, was accidental.

The gun has not been recovered, according to JPSO.

McClendon was transported to the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center and booked with negligent homicide and possession of a handgun as a felon.

He is currently on parole for a narcotics violation and aggravated battery.

There are a few ways to ensure that you're arrested immediately for a negligent discharge. This guy had all of them.

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Irresponsible Alabama Gun Owner Drops Gun, Critically Wounds Neighbor through Wall - No Charges

Local news reports

Police in Sheffield are investigating a bizarre accidental shooting.

James Gray is in critical condition at Huntsville Hospital, after his neighbor accidentally shot him through his apartment wall.

Police say Gray was inside his Autumn Pointe apartment; when Tad Waddell, in the apartment next door dropped a gun he was unloading, and it went-off. The bullet went through the wall, hitting Gray in the chest.

Police made no arrests and will hand the case over to the grand jury.

No Charges for Negligent Boulder Colorado Cop

Local news reports

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has determined no crime was committed when a Highlands Ranch man was accidentally shot with a gun belonging to a Boulder police officer earlier this month.

Investigators said the off-duty officer was seated in the back seat of the vehicle with the victim when the third friend moved some items in the trunk of the car. The gun was among the items and discharged.

The bullet apparently went through the back seat and struck the victim on the side of his torso.

The officer and his two friends have known each other since middle school.

Boulder police said the weapon that discharged was not the officer's police-issued gun.

The unnamed officer was initially placed on administrative leave but police said Thursday he had returned to work after they completed their own investigation.

This is how gun owners, cops, prosecutors and civilians alike, protect each other. They call negligence accidents and write it off.

Rather, there should be strict accountability for gun owners. If you leave your gun in such an insecure way that someone else can discharge it unintentionally, YOU are responsible.

Gun owners love to shirk their responsibility, all the while calling for stricter sentencing guidelines for criminals.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

No Aid For Oklahoma

Posted by Em on Dangerous Minds

OK, I know this will come off as a little harsh, heartless and probably as deeply lacking in compassion or empathy, but let me say that, first of all, someone needs to say it, and why not me? Although I’ve lived in New York City since I was 6 (well, with a few breaks here and there), I was actually born in Oklahoma City. And even though I do acknowledge that it’s distasteful to mention this “so soon,” it has to be said now, before the vote goes to Congress.

So here the fuck it is: NO EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR OKLAHOMA. There, I said it. Sorry, but fuck ‘em. Why do I say this? Is it simply because their scumbag senators (Tom Coburn and Jim Inhoffe) dragged their feet for MONTHS on voting for aid for New York and the Sandy-impacted areas here in the Northeast? Yeah, that’s part of it. A big part of it. Is it because both of them ultimately voted AGAINST Sandy-aid to this area? Yeah, that’s a big part of it, too. But it’s more than that. Much more, and soon you’ll see it too, so give me a minute to make my case…

The first thing that should be noted is that Oklahoma is one of the biggest, fattest, Federal-funds gobbling hobo states in the nation, receiving $1.36 in federal funds for every dollar in taxes it pays to the federal government (It’s also the 10th least unionized state with 5.5% union membership). Meanwhile, my state, New York, received just 79 cents back for each dollar that we paid, and we paid a helluva lot more in taxes than Oklahoma did. In other words, it’s fair to say that New York keeps Oklahoma afloat. We pay to keep Oklahomans employed and we pay to keep up their infrastructure via the federal funds Oklahoma vampirically sucks out of our state, to the detriment of our students and our fucking roads. And yet, Oklahoma senators were stupid enough to vote against Sandy aid? Huh? WTF? Please don’ hit me massah I’ll get back in de house!

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