Texas 4-year-old Shoots 7-month-old Baby

[kingozzy]

my god that is so terrible.  Keep your guns locked up please if you have them

[demaina]

How did the child get ahold of a gun, let alone one that was probably loaded already, since I doubt the child loaded the gun.  This is just the parents being bad about keeping their guns locked up.  A child is going to mimic whatever they see.  If their parents are watching cop shows, the child probably saw how you point a gun at a bad guy and went with it.  I doubt this is any indication of future issues, unless the parents continue to be bad about keeping their guns locked up.

[ajamimajida]

It does not make the 4 year old a future murderer.  The parents are the ones responsible for what happned and no one else.  Why have loaded gun out in the open where young kids can get hold of them.  Having a gun in the house is also easy way for your child or someone else in the house to commit suicide. 

[jwkelly]

It does not make the 4 year old a future murderer.  The parents are the ones responsible for what happned and no one else.  Why have loaded gun out in the open where young kids can get hold of them.  Having a gun in the house is also easy way for your child or someone else in the house to commit suicide.

                                                                                                            Do you know the 4 year old in question   because he could be the next "Son of Sam"  ?

[sbenkoski]

I know of a 4 year old kid who with all honesty could be a mass murderer already, the kids down right evil and his mother says shes afraid to go to sleep at night with out her bedroom door locked. I won't visit there any more coz the kids just scary.

[jwkelly]

I know of a 4 year old kid who with all honesty could be a mass murderer already, the kids down right evil and his mother says shes afraid to go to sleep at night with out her bedroom door locked. I won't visit there any more coz the kids just scary.

       Thank you   !!!!! I knew lil kids that  would be best friends with Damien and worship Satan if they could. Not all children are innocent just because they are young,not all are messed  up because of the parents being responsible. Children understand jealousy/hate esp. when they are the fav. only child then a newborn comes into the home and they take a backseat to the baby in all ways. Give an  upset child access to weapons and it's a horror show.  When I was 6   I got into my dad's exacto knives kit( he made model ships ) and was using one to cut a plastic toy car wheel and I sliced into my right calf,spray painted the bedroom wall with my blood and used up  a couple of bath towels before getting to the hospital. Now that was me just playing,so imagine a child with harmful intent and the parents can't watch everything 24/7 ?

[countrygirl12]

NO, the 4 year old is not a future murderer.... and even if the baby would die, does NOT make the 4 year old a murderer.... when you are that young you are not even completely conscious of what you are doing (even IF at 4 you are able to understand what a gun really is... )...

The real question here is: HOW did that child get access to a real gun? And WHY? And who is to blame? Who is the murderer? The father or mother who left a gun accessible to an innocent child.

Texas... and guns... and every other state that allows people to buy guns like you buy candies or pizza....
there's not much to say about that... it is very sad.

lol.  YES you are conscience of what you are doing.  There is nothing wrong with owning a gun.  And NO you can't buy them like candy.  The parents are the ones responsible because yes they left a gun where it could get accessed by a kid and didn't teach them not to touch it.  When I grew up I always had access to a gun.  ALWAYS.  I was taught not to touch them and I didn't.

[vickysue]

My children were around guns all of their lives and never  picked one up or took one  off the rack.  Same  for us growing up. But when  my son and daughter-in-law took in a foster  child then later on adopted him, we had to put all guns in a locked gun safe and the same for them. I baby sit the child while she worked. So yes all guns were locked with out him  being able to get  hold of the keys. Parents should never leave a gun where a child can get it.  nor leave it loaded.  We have to raise our children to respect and know what  the damage can be with  a loaded gun and taught to respect us and the guns.

[singletonb]

It is heartbreaking when accidents like this happens because it affect so many people.

[jwkelly]

That boy is going to make a great killer and Texas will need that to battle illegals.

[bigfoot951]

I'm just lost on how the neighbor doesn't  blame the family.  By no means am I against owning guns but there is no way you could let it be even possible for this to happen. 

[camellia0]

This is terrible. I am sure that the baby saw someone handling the gun, maybe even shooting it. I feel for the child because it will haunt this kid forever. Sad.

[tnshpalmer85]

I just wished all the guns would go away. Guns make it too easy to kill even when people are not trying. The four year old is not a future murderer. The adults should get in trouble.

[plennis]

This is really sad, parents are responsible.