Guns under mattresses

[kallend 2,147]

Don't need anyone to pull the trigger.

www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/5-year-old_girl_jumping_on_bed.html

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Gravitymaster 0]

Damn kids were told not to jump on the bed.

[Coreece 190]

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Don't need anyone to pull the trigger.

www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/5-year-old_girl_jumping_on_bed.html

I immediately propose concealed under mattress permits...Sealy Posturepedic can offer coupons for discounted CUM certification with purchase.

Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are...

[jdfreefly 1]

Does anyone doubt the veracity of this tale? I'm not saying it isn't possible, but I know when I was a kid, if I accidentally shot myself with my dad's gun I found under the bed, I would probably have come up with a similar story.

Methane Freefly - got stink?

[Coreece 190]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/4-year-old-shot-ankle-jumping-bed-gun-hidden-matress-article-1.1050888

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Upton said he kept it as “protection from my girl’s baby daddy who messes with me”

Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are...

[headoverheels 334]

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I immediately propose concealed under mattress permits...Sealy Posturepedic can offer coupons for discounted CUM certification with purchase.

Even if I'm shooting blanks?

[Marinus 0]

It doesn't really matter I think, One way of the other, the parent(s) of this girl are retards who can't handle the responsibility of owning a gun.

[shropshire 0]

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It doesn't really matter I think, One way of the other, the parent(s) of this girl are retards who can't handle the responsibility of owning a gun......or having a child

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Andy9o8 2]

I remember the good old days when Commies used to hide under our beds. This is how we got rid of them.

[Marinus 0]

Mutual Assured Destruction in the privacy of your own home?

[devildog 0]

Regardless of how it happened, wth is the parent doing keeping a loaded gun within access to a 5 year old?

You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.

[billeisele 130]

guess that parent didn't know about the bedding that has a pocket on the side of the mattress to hold a handgun, some styles have multiple pockets to accomodate them being flipped and rotated

they are not advertised but I predict that once someone saves their life using a weapon that was concealed this way they will become a spokesperson

Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.

[shropshire 0]

Duvet not know that there is a blanket ban on guns in the bed room?

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[kallend 2,147]

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Duvet not know that there is a blanket ban on guns in the bed room?

Are you sheeting me?

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[shropshire 0]

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Duvet not know that there is a blanket ban on guns in the bed room?

Are you sheeting me?

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[JohnRich 4]

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Does anyone doubt the veracity of this tale? I'm not saying it isn't possible, but I know when I was a kid, if I accidentally shot myself with my dad's gun I found under the bed, I would probably have come up with a similar story.

Yep, sounds fishy to me. The girl was shot in the ankle. The gun under the mattress would have to be laying on its side. So even if the gun somehow discharged under the mattress, the bullet would go parallel to the mattress, and it would not hit the girl jumping around on top of the mattress up above the gun. I don't see how those two things could intersect.

People blame the gun all the time for their own sloppy gun handling. And that may be what's going on here.

[DougH 270]

Either kids shot herself playing with a gun that should have been secured.

Or parents shot the kid while handling the gun in unsafe manner while pointed in an unsafe direction.

Retarded parents that are irresponsible gun owners!

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[Marinus 0]

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Yep, sounds fishy to me. The girl was shot in the ankle. The gun under the mattress would have to be laying on its side. So even if the gun somehow discharged under the mattress, the bullet would go parallel to the mattress, and it would not hit the girl jumping around on top of the mattress up above the gun. I don't see how those two things could intersect.

Not necessarily. Some beds do bend a lot, which can bring the ankle in line with the barrel. You might also want to google on the term "ricochet". And that are only two possibilities.

[Andy9o8 2]

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Yep, sounds fishy to me. The girl was shot in the ankle. The gun under the mattress would have to be laying on its side. So even if the gun somehow discharged under the mattress, the bullet would go parallel to the mattress, and it would not hit the girl jumping around on top of the mattress up above the gun. I don't see how those two things could intersect.

Not necessarily. Some beds do bend a lot, which can bring the ankle in line with the barrel. You might also want to google on the term "ricochet". And that are only two possibilities.

Plus, the bullet, once it entered the mattress material, may have tumbled and changed trajectory, the way bullets sometimes do in soft tissue.

Hm. And yet the story still smells fishy.

[JohnRich 4]

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You might also want to google on the term "ricochet".

Thank you for your help - I am deeply appreciative, as I have never heard that term before in my entire lifetime, and I greatly appreciate your assistance in expanding my vocabulary and knowledge.

[Andy9o8 2]

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You might also want to google on the term "ricochet".

Thank you for your help - I am deeply appreciative, as I have never heard that term before in my entire lifetime, and I greatly appreciate your assistance in expanding my vocabulary and knowledge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricochet

[wmw999 2,587]

Ricochet

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[shropshire 0]

Rick O'Shea was a space DJ in Thunderbirds too :-).

F*** I'm old

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[kelpdiver 2]

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Does anyone doubt the veracity of this tale? I'm not saying it isn't possible, but I know when I was a kid, if I accidentally shot myself with my dad's gun I found under the bed, I would probably have come up with a similar story.

It stretches belief a little.

Kallend's citation includes more information in the comments that the owner was felon, so already got some problems here.

If it really did go off, we're probably talking about a cheapie gun. More affordable, but not so reliable or well built. Perhaps all our felon could afford to buy.

[DaVinci 0]

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Don't need anyone to pull the trigger.

Uh, unlikely that jumping a bed caused the gun to fire.

But I'll give you a little something for your trouble.... Responsible gun owners should not have a gun stored in such a way with kids in the house. With kids in the house, they should have a safe.

Think this will come up in a search later?