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Gun Control Reform Activism

kimbutgar

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4. My mother had a cousin who was a young child of 5 who shot and killed his 4 year old brother

Reply to SoCalDavidS (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 12:04 PM

Apr 2021

Playing with a rifle. He was the saddest man I remember and his mother never got over it and she blamed him all his life for his brothers death. She gave him a major guilt trip. Luckily he married a strong woman who helped him overcome his grief and got him into therapy.

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Three-year old shoots and kills infant brother [View all] 70sEraVet Apr 2021 OP

Guns don't kill people Delarage Apr 2021 #1

Oh Well, Thoughts & Prayers SoCalDavidS Apr 2021 #2

My mother had a cousin who was a young child of 5 who shot and killed his 4 year old brother kimbutgar Apr 2021 #4

Wow. Random Boomer Apr 2021 #9

People Control, Not Gun Control Sancho Apr 2021 #3

+1 Delmette2.0 Apr 2021 #11

way too rational to actually be put into practice cab67 Apr 2021 #16

Great common sense, Sancho Larissa Apr 2021 #17

If only the infant brother had a gun to defend himself IronLionZion Apr 2021 #5

TOO SOON nvme Apr 2021 #6

Disagree IronLionZion Apr 2021 #8

nope. nope. nope. orleans Apr 2021 #14

The parents absolutely should be charged. cab67 Apr 2021 #15

A Thoughtful response nvme Apr 2021 #22

I appreciate that. cab67 Apr 2021 #23

Are you sure billh58 Apr 2021 #18

Take Every Single One Of Their Guns SoCalDavidS Apr 2021 #21

I wonder if he was part of the kinder guardians program? Lucky Luciano Apr 2021 #7

Keeping a round in the Chamber should be a felony. pwb Apr 2021 #10

It is particularly infuriating when these... 3catwoman3 Apr 2021 #12

this has become a concern in my own family cab67 Apr 2021 #13

there is no right not to get shot. dead ppl are the price gun owners are willing to pay for their msongs Apr 2021 #19

Life, Liberty, and the Persuit of Happiness? pwb Apr 2021 #20