How would stricter gun control reglus. have prevented this?

[pumpkinpi]

Detroit police: 4-year-old girl fatally shoots 4-year-old cousin with rifle found under bed

I'm playing devil's advocate. I am for stricter gun regulations, but I'm interested in how the 2nd amendment die-harders would argue that they wouldn't have prevented something like this.

[Thumper]

NRA Hack 1: "The only thing that can stop a bad 4 year old with a gun is a good 4 year old with a gun."

NRA Hack 2: "If only that poor 4 year old cousin was allowed to be armed. He could have defended himself."

[FZR1KG]

1)She didn't follow the golden rule of gun safety. Never point a gun at anything you don't want to shoot.
All accidental shootings break this golden rule. If only people just followed the damned rule.
If only people just followed the laws too, then we wouldn't have any crime.
The Bible has the ten commandments and people need to follow them too.
This is why we need the Bible to influence government.
More guns in the public and more religion in government and we would have youtopia then the real pinnacle would follow suit,a state of metopia.

2)Pretty clear it's not the guns fault. It did what it was designed to do and did not fail when the trigger was pulled.
A perfectly reliable weapon for home defense. This is just a tragic accident and laws can't prevent accidents.

3) Statistically this is an anomaly. The only thing this proves is that it's meaningless for any debate on gun control because gun control doesn't work.

4) It's already illegal to give a 4 year old a loaded weapon. What makes anyone think MORE gun laws would have prevented this?

[FZR1KG]

Oh, just read some comments on another site to know the answer:

http://www.freep.com/comments/article/2 ... ld-Detroit

"that gun is as much to blame for what happened as your keyboard is responsible for your ignorance."

"We hear it about it often it seems, but the rate of accidental shootings among gun owners is not very high. If this poor chiod had been killed in a car accident, I'm guessing there would be no comments about the car itself whatsoever."

"Even 4 year olds can benefit from the NRA's Eddie Eagle program. "The Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program teaches children in pre-K through third grade four important steps to take if they find a gun. These steps are presented by the program's mascot, Eddie Eagle, in an easy-to-remember format consisting of the following simple rules:
If you see a gun:
STOP!
Don't Touch.
Leave the Area.
Tell an Adult.""

That last one is precious. The NRA is all about NOT having training as part of gun ownership yet is recommending training kids about guns...

The NRA are morons.

[pumpkinpi]

Oh, just read some comments on another site to know the answer:

http://www.freep.com/comments/article/2 ... ld-Detroit

"that gun is as much to blame for what happened as your keyboard is responsible for your ignorance."

Too bad ignorance doesn't kill.

[FZR1KG]

Oh, just read some comments on another site to know the answer:

http://www.freep.com/comments/article/2 ... ld-Detroit

"that gun is as much to blame for what happened as your keyboard is responsible for your ignorance."

Too bad ignorance doesn't kill.

Actually, it does. That's what the whole gun debate is about.
The NRA and the gun nutters want to be ignorant because it's beneficial to their desire to allow everyone the right to bear arms.
This is why they refuse to get behind training requirements for gun ownership.

[pumpkinpi]

Oh, just read some comments on another site to know the answer:

http://www.freep.com/comments/article/2 ... ld-Detroit

"that gun is as much to blame for what happened as your keyboard is responsible for your ignorance."

Too bad ignorance doesn't kill.

Actually, it does. That's what the whole gun debate is about.
The NRA and the gun nutters want to be ignorant because it's beneficial to their desire to allow everyone the right to bear arms.
This is why they refuse to get behind training requirements for gun ownership.

I should amend my signature.

"Too bad ignorance isn't painful. But it does kill, no thanks to the NRA."

[FZR1KG]

Unfortunately it doesn't kill the ignorant. They are the ones that do the killing.