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Eugene

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Wed Oct 28, 2015, 02:22 PM Oct 2015

Boy shot while family poses with illegal guns in Tennessee home [View all]

Source: Reuters

US | Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:06pm EDT

Boy shot while family poses with illegal guns in Tennessee home

NASHVILLE, TENN. | BY TIM GHIANNI

Police on Wednesday investigated how a boy was shot in the face while his family posed for photos with illegal firearms in their southeastern Tennessee home.

The unidentified 13-year-old boy suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital, police said.

The shooting occurred on Sunday night at a home in Harrison, Tennessee, about 20 miles east of Chattanooga, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department.

"The preliminary investigation has determined (he) was accidentally shot by a family member while posing for photographs with firearms," according to a news release, which said the weapons were illegally obtained.

(Reporting by Tim Ghianni; Editing by Mary Wisniewski and Bill Trott)


http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/28/us-tennessee-shooting-boy-idUSKCN0SM2GD20151028
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Law abiding and responsible mikeysnot Oct 2015 #1
Well like they say, everyone is responsible until they are not. LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #2
Yeah. You can never tell when a Controller is going to snap and physically assault someone. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #7
Indeed. They could very well be interested in breaking someones "damn arms". beevul Oct 2015 #17
Angry and potentially violent, they really shouldn't have access to firearms DonP Oct 2015 #19
Well, like they say, every cell phone user is responsible until they are not. beardown Oct 2015 #25
did you miss where it said the gun was illegally obtained? gejohnston Oct 2015 #4
No but it is obvious to all mikeysnot Oct 2015 #10
When are you guys ever serious? nt Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #28
How many folks are killed and maimed by children with guns compared to any other Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #3
I don't know. Straw Man Oct 2015 #11
I am sure that more are killed with cross bows, swords, battle axes, machetes and knifes LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #15
"...since you don't have to register to get those..." beevul Oct 2015 #18
The federal firearms check that has to be done for firearms. You know that long wait before you can LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #20
Thats just a background check. beevul Oct 2015 #21
From the lips of the NRA to the comment board of DU. Battle axes....made me laugh! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #23
Simply not true, and even if it was... beevul Oct 2015 #27
4,300 underaged drinkers die from alcohol poisoning annually. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #22
More guns for everyone - it keeps us safe. patsimp Oct 2015 #5
QUICK....waht is the #1 rule of firearms??? anybody??? come on... ileus Oct 2015 #6
I fear you search for knowledge in a barren field my friend DonP Oct 2015 #8
How strange. beevul Oct 2015 #9
"Common Sense" Gun Safety Rules = No Guns DonP Oct 2015 #12
Heres a whole subthread that proves what you say to be true... beevul Oct 2015 #16
I bet they know guns kill people. ileus Oct 2015 #13
All by themselves, according to several in the group DonP Oct 2015 #14
Don't let idiots buy guns nt?? Logical Oct 2015 #24
Ahh..., the veritable "literacy tests" prior to exercising constitutional rights. branford Oct 2015 #26
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