US Guns in the U.S.

The article said:
The shooting happened at a child's first birthday party Saturday afternoon in Taft, 12 miles (19 kilometres) north of Corpus Christi, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Sgt. Nathan Brandley said those involved were distant relatives. Authorities did not say what the men were arguing about, but said the shooting occurred in the backyard of a residence.

That also happens in other countries, that there are family gatherings that evolve into arguments.

What is special, of course, is, that the presence of firearms makes the outcome particularly horrible :sob:
 
No guns here, still a horrific storry

Girl, 10, charged with killing baby after allegedly stamping on his head at daycare centre

the article said:
“She stated she was holding the child and that’s when she dropped the child,” Chippewa County District Attorney Wade Newell told reporters. “The child hit its head on the footstool and then the child started crying and she panicked and didn’t know what to do and didn’t want to get into trouble and then she proceeded to stomp on the six-month-old’s head.”
 
The sheriff's sergeant who initially responded to last month's mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, was fatally shot by gunfire from a California Highway Patrol officer, officials said Friday.

Sgt. Ron Helus was struck five times by gunfire from the suspect, Ian David Long, according to Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub, but was hit by a sixth bullet from CHP officer's rifle.

Helus could have potentially survived the five wounds from Long's weapon, but the sixth bullet, fired by the CHP officer who entered the bar with Helus, proved fatal. It struck Helus in the chest and his heart, according to Dr. Christopher Young, the Ventura County medical examiner.

Sheriff's sergeant was fatally shot by friendly fire in the Thousand Oaks bar shooting

And this is why anyone with a modicum of sense realizes that "more guns" is not the answer.

How horrific for all concerned.
 
Seems Louis CK, well known from the “Sexual Harassment” thread, is trying to make a comeback ...

Parkland victim’s father hits back at Louis CK in his own stand-up set

Louis CK said:
”You're not interesting because you went to a high school where kids got shot. Why does that mean I have to listen to you? How does that make you interesting. You didn't get shot. You pushed some fat kid in the way and then, now I gotta listen to you talking?”

“If you ever need people to forget that you jerked off, what you do is you make a joke about kids that got shot,” Mr CK said, according to Daily Beast writer Stacie Solie, who watched the comedian's routine.

I am not sure how this will be working out for him ... seems his target demographic is NRA fans .
 
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