This stuff just never ends ~!~ Woman killed by 4-year-old in Tennessee cookout

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(CNN) -- A pistol in the hands of a 4-year-old boy went off during a weekend cookout, killing the wife of a Tennessee sheriff's deputy who was showing his guns to a relative, state police said Monday.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/08/us/tenness...?hpt=hp_t2

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http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/08/us/ten...?hpt=hp_t3

Woman killed by 4-year-old in Tennessee cookout

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Darwin syndrome.....

[Speedy]

Sheriff's deputy's personal weapon. Sad that the child had access to a gun but nothing unusual.

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Merged these two threads, since they are about the same story.

[the_poochies]

Speedy wrote:
Sheriff's deputy's personal weapon. Sad that the child had access to a gun but nothing unusual.

That's right. There's nothing unusual about carelessly leaving loaded weapons around 4 year-olds. Nothing unusual at all.

[Surfrider]

I got the raight to do what I wont, whan I wont, with as many waepons as the constitution says I kin.

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the_poochies wrote:
[quote=Speedy]
Sheriff's deputy's personal weapon. Sad that the child had access to a gun but nothing unusual.

That's right. There's nothing unusual about carelessly leaving loaded weapons around 4 year-olds. Nothing unusual at all.
Deputy Fanning, in an e-mail to CNN affiliate WKRN, said he had set down his off-duty weapon "only seconds before the tragedy."

"I would like the viewers to know that officers of Wilson County do not make a habit of leaving loaded guns simply lying around," he said.

"The door to the room the accident happened in stays locked unless we were sleeping or we were in it. This was the only loaded gun in the house other than my duty weapon, which was locked away."

The state bureau said it has taken all witness statements and its initial investigation is complete, but the bureau's case will remain open until the final autopsy and evidence is analyzed in the crime lab, Helm said.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which looks into incidents involving law enforcement officers, said no charges have been filed.

Wilson County Sheriff Robert Bryan said Fanning had been showing "another person that was there at the house some of his weapons he had locked in a secure gun safe," according to CNN affiliate WTVF.

Bryan said no one saw the deputy's 4-year-old nephew saunter into the room, WTVF said.

"Split second. We're talking about seconds for that kid to walk in that room unbeknownst to them, grab that gun and it goes off," Bryan said. "He took all the precautions, he's a trained law enforcement officer, trains with weapons all the time."


No, he obviously did not take all the precautions. Why do people make these ridiculous excuses?

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If he set the loaded gun down and wasn't keeping an eye on it, he didn't take all precautions. Mistakes happen. Sometimes they are deadly.

Which is why gun safety is not a joke, and must not be taken lightly. It should have remained in his hand, or unloaded when it was set down.

[SteveO]

How terribly sad and tragic for all involved. Agree that not all precautions were taken.