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5-year-old Utah boy dies from accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound

A 5-year-old Utah boy died when he accidentally shot himself with a handgun in a small town south of Salt Lake City on Thursday, police said.

Lt. Mike Wall with the Santaquin Police Department told KSL-TV the boy found a 9 mm handgun in the back room of his house and fired a single shot. The boy’s parents and siblings were inside the home when the shooting happened but were not with him in the room.

octopus_ink ,

It’s a real shame there’s literally nothing else to be done to curb gun deaths in this country. Oh well, guess we tried.

/s not needed, I hope.

We’re locking up those parents, right? At the very least we’re locking up the one who was registered to own and safeguard that firearm, right?

Authorities do not suspect foul play, and investigators are trying to determine how the boy got ahold of the gun.

If you leave a gun you own unsecured such that a child gets it and kills themselves or others, it should be mandatory jail time. How much investigation is really needed here? Did a 5 year old spin the combination lock on a gun safe? Nope.

Hellinabucket ,

I saw people in a thread for a similar case this week arguing that the person who left a gun on a couch with a bunch of kids shouldn’t be held responsible.

This country is fucked.

Kecessa ,

But it’s ok because people kill people, guns don’t kill people!

dinckelman ,

Would love to hear about how this could have been prevented, by having more guns, and less guns restrictions

Ioughttamow ,

With more guns, the staggering weight of choice paralysis would have stopped this

ASDraptor ,

Easy: if the kid had a gun, he could have threatened the kid with a gun with his gun so the kid with a gun wouldn’t have shot the kid with a gun.

I mean, isn’t it obvious?

cabron_offsets ,

Jesus fuck.

ASDraptor ,

If the 5-year-old boy had a gun he could have defended himself from… Oh wait

Kalkaline ,
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Wait, I think you’re on to something. This situation could have definitely used more guns, less gun laws and less gun safety measures.

MagicShel ,

He needed one of those plastic sheriff stars to make him a good guy.

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