Tragic accidental death with a pellet rifle.

[Will Carry]

This was a terrible accident. My prayers go out to the family. Channel 5 news reported this on their nightly news tonight. I have been watching WRAL since Jesse Helmes gave his nightly commentaries in the 1960s. I must say that WRAL is as anti-second ammendment as any TV station in the country. As I listened to their report of this tragic accident I heard them say "Even though he was doing the right thing by checking the safety, the gun still went off." This statment would seem to indicate that no matter what you do, a gun can still fire and kill innocent people. Even if it's just a pellet rifle. I tried to explain to my wife that this was a flawed statement, but like a million people watching TV tonight, she could not comprehend what I was saying.

Raleigh second-grader dies after accidental shooting :: WRAL.com

Safety is the Alpha and Omega of gun ownership.

Edited February 24, 2011 by Will Carry

[mikegideon]

It just went off because somebody just pulled the trigger

[kb4ns]

Very sad

[Caster]

Very sad, but there's no such thing as an accident. Poor judgment, poor parenting, poor teaching, whatever it may be, but the trigger was pulled like Mike said.

[Garufa]

Very sad, but there's no such thing as an accident.

This.

Truly a sad, sad story but carelessness lead to this.

[Chief07]

Man I hate to hear stories like this.

Safety first, during and after handling any firearm.

My Prayers are with the family.

[LagerHead]

I feel for all involved. I know grandpa is going to be beating himself up for a long, long time. RIP little Ty-Rion.

[Guest TargetShooter84]

Prayers go out to them

[Jasongar8]

Sad stuff. A life cut way to short.

[tennessee01tacoma]

It is sad, back in grade school a boy a couple of years older than me died to a muzzleloader shot to the head, he and a friend had his dad's guns out and it fired. I was always taught good gun handling techniques and I'm very thankful for that.

[vontar]

the trigger has to be pulled, unless the gun is in serious need of other repairs.

Remember this next time someone says a .22 pistol is not worth carrying. It all comes down to placement.

[Guest friesepferd]

so sad.

safety or not, I would not set a loaded gun (bb or otherwise) down inside my house unattended.

as many above had said. The gun went off because the trigger was pulled. no way around it.

[Guest friesepferd]

Remember this next time someone says a .22 pistol is not worth carrying. It all comes down to placement.

Although I am all for people carrying whatever they can carry (ei, a 22 is better than nothing, but not as good as somthing bigger).

I would love to see someone be able to consistantly shoot even a 22 in a moving target the size of an eyeball while under stress.