CDZ USMB POLL: Woman shot, killed by two-year-old son - Who is responsible for this woman's death?

[Chuz Life]

(Reuters) - A woman was accidentally shot and killed at a Walmart store in northern Idaho on Tuesday when her 2-year-old son pulled a loaded handgun from her purse that then went off, a county sheriff said.

The 29-year-old woman was shopping at a Walmart in Hayden, Idaho, with the toddler seated in her shopping cart when the incident occurred, Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger said in a written statement.

Who (if anyone) is responsible for this poor woman's death?

 

[Chuz Life]

I have to be honest - I'm leaning towards the third answer "no-one was responsible" but I would like to know what others think.

 

[Vigilante]

Liberals would blame the gun!

 

[depotoo]

The mother for not keeping her purse from her son.

 

[Chuz Life]

Liberals would blame the gun!

Or the manufacturers.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Irresponsible gun owner.

 

[Agit8r]

Liberals would blame the gun!

Or the manufacturers.

Only one of the Democratic candidate for president thinks so.

 

[Kat]

How tragic. As for responsibility, only since that is the question...I lean to no one, but I guess it could the irresponsibility of the owner.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

How can you blame anyone for an unforseen tragic death?

 

[Kat]

How can you blame anyone for an unforseen tragic death?

I agree. But were they irresponsible?
This was why I said I leaned toward no one.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

How can you blame anyone for an unforseen tragic death?

I agree. But were they irresponsible?
This was why I said I leaned toward no one.

The question is was she "responsible," which implies right or wrong and is different from being irresponsible. Yes, of course she was irresponsible, but it had to be unintentional.

 

[Kat]

How can you blame anyone for an unforseen tragic death?

I agree. But were they irresponsible?
This was why I said I leaned toward no one.

The question is was she "responsible," which implies right or wrong and is different from being irresponsible. Yes, of course she was irresponsible, but it had to be unintentional.

I agree with that.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Holy fuck people. Being "unintentionally" irresponsible is the same as being irresponsible. How often are people "intentionally" irresponsible?

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Holy fuck people. Being "unintentionally" irresponsible is the same as being irresponsible. How often are people "intentionally" irresponsible?

That's not what I said.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Her "crime" was to not hold on to her purse, right? She probably has a habit of placing it in the cart. You can't control that all the time.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Holy fuck people. Being "unintentionally" irresponsible is the same as being irresponsible. How often are people "intentionally" irresponsible?

That's not what I said.

You are acting like 'hey, she wasn't "intentionally" leaving her gun lying around loaded with the hammer down.' As if that's some kind of defense.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

She should have not had the kid in the cart. That would have made more sense.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

You are acting like 'hey, she wasn't "intentionally" leaving her gun lying around loaded with the hammer down.' As if that's some kind of defense.

She doesn't need a defense.

 

[TheOldSchool]

She should have not had the kid in the cart. That would have made more sense.

Congratulations you've thought of one way that she could have been a responsible gun owner. There are countless other ways she could have been responsible.

Instead she was irresponsible. And a tiny child put her in a coffin. Let this be a lesson to people who think it's okay to be casual about carrying a gun.

 

[TheOldSchool]

You are acting like 'hey, she wasn't "intentionally" leaving her gun lying around loaded with the hammer down.' As if that's some kind of defense.

She doesn't need a defense.

She's dead. She doesn't need anything anymore.