And lots of us have handled and shot them and carried them and would be happy as a clam with the abolishment of the second amendment.

Yeah, but the gun didn’t make her kill her daughters any more than your stepdad’s gun made him shoot himself in the hand.

My dad always said the most dangerous gun is an “unloaded” gun. I’m glad no one was hurt.

The problem with most gun control advocates is that most have never handled or shot a firearm before.

That’s why the daughters should have been carrying so they could have stopped their mom!

Or if the mom wanted to shoot her daughters, she would have found a gun even if they were banned!

Or even if she didn’t have a gun, she would have stabbed her daughters with a knife just as effectively!

Or that’s why we should…

I’d like to think her husband will become an outspoken advocate for gun control after this, but, yeah, he’ll probably just blame Obama.

/s - But you don’t understand! If only those kids *ALSO* had their own guns then they could have shot back and defended themselves! Then they could have still been alive! - /s

She is protecting them by shooting them. Kind of like how a mother hamster eats her own babies when she feels that they are no in a safe area.

Impossibly stupid. It’s amazing that people think that they need guns to protect their loved ones, yet its’ very common for shootings to be performed by family members

In the short term, he was very remorseful. He acknowledged it was his fault, he was being stupid, it wasn’t a great idea to carry a gun with you just to feel tough. He agreed to get rid of it.

Did his self injury change his mind at all? Or at least calm him down a little?

Fucking seriously. CRIMINALS WILL GET GUNS IF THEY WANT THEM HERP DERP.

I never said guns made them do these things*. That’s silly. I could sit in a room with a gun forever and not kill anyone/accidently shoot myself. The point was, many people proudly, repeatedly declare themselves “responsible gun owners,” and most of the people they point to to make this distinction (this woman, my…

“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2013, firearms were used in 84,258 nonfatal injuries (26.65 per 100,000 U.S. citizens) ^[2] and 11,208 deaths by homicide (3.5 per 100,000),^[3] 21,175 by suicide with a firearm,^[4] 505 deaths due to accidental discharge of a firearm,^[4] and 281 deaths due…

“Law-abiding gun owners” is a dogwhistle for “white people”.

Well you know what they say: “Spare the Glock, spoil the child.”

Well, no. But that’s the point, everyone “is” (in how they portray themselves) until they aren’t. My stepdad shot himself in the hand while playing with his gun. BUT, up until that point, he screamed and yelled about how he wasn’t a criminal, it was his right to own a gun, he respected the weapon, etc. The same as…

Was this woman EVER a responsible gun owner?

that is fucked up and sad but give Texas a day and they will blame Obama

People missing the point will try to point out that she apparently was only using a pistol at the time, so likely not a type of gun that is currently being targeted by gun control advocates. But the real point is the disconnect between the dream—I will use this to protect my family!!!—and the reality—that it is far…