Police: Boy, 14, accidentally shot by friend playing with gun
SEATTLE - A 14-year-old boy told police his friend was playing with a gun before accidentally shooting him in the leg Friday night in a Georgetown neighborhood.
Around 10:40 p.m., officers were called to the 6900 block of Carleton Avenue South for a report of shots fired. Detective Mark Jamieson of the Seattle police says someone heard a gunshot and then saw several men running from a nearby parking lot. A short time later, a red truck was seen speeding from the area.
An officer spotted the red truck pulling into Harborview Medical Center. Inside was the 14-year old boy with a gunshot wound to his right shin.
Detectives talked with the boy and the boy's father inside the emergency room. The boy told the officer he and his friend were hanging out in a car behind a house and his friend had a semi-automatic handgun. The boy said his friend kept playing with the gun when it accidentally went off and the bullet hit the victim in the leg.
The victim ran from the car to the front of the house yelling for help. His dad then drove him to the hospital in his truck.
According to police, the victim's friend had already taken off from the scene before officers arrived.
Detectives found a car behind the house with a shell casing inside. The care was impounded as evidence. Officers continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
The boy's injury is not considered life-threatening.
This about size's it up                                                                                                                                                                          http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2013/03/10/semiautomatic-pastry-warrants-twoday-suspension-for-7-year-old-n1530077
@Mike Very nice summary. People are perpetuating their own fears into insane actions, and no one seems to realize the insanity of it!
By coincidence I stumbled upon this video of a bunch of kids shooting at a squirrel videotaped by mom in a suburban middle class neighborhood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXCPZ3h76y0
BB's are a perfect tool to teach gun handling and safety. After watching, I am not surprised that kids get injured all the time. They should teach it at school. Even if you never shoot a gun, it's prudent to know how they work and how to handle them.Â
@Komo Dragon lmao...  if you can't see the projectile, it's obviously not firing. Â
@sleever @Komo Dragon at 1:27 they see the projectile
So another idiot left a gun unsecured and a child stole it and damned near killed someone with it. Maybe the NRA is correct in some sense: it isn't the guns that do the harm, but rather the idiot people who are not qualified and do not deserve to own them! (But don't expect the NRA to agree to that statement!)
@JLS1950Â In effect they already have, but they had much more tact. They shouldn't have mind you, they should have just said "If you are an idiot don't buy a gun".
@SeattleJoe @JLS1950 Well, I'm afraid that is rather like saying "if you are a bank robber, don't go into a bank", or "if you are a moth, stay away from open flames"! IMHO, a lot of complete idiots and mentally unstable people have a moth-like attraction to guns.
If you are not conscientious enough to gun proof your children( i.e. Training on gun safety if one is in the home) and take some reasonable precautions to also child proof your guns.
You should not be a gun owner and you most certainly should not be parents.
@SchönLicht Who said it was the parents 'gun? 14yo in this area, his friend has a gun and they are playing with it in a car? Sounds like drugs/gangs to me.
@Watcher3 @SchönLicht Kid got it from somewhere, and since virtually 100% of guns in this country are originally sold lawfully, we can safely presume that some lawful owner failed to adequately secure the firearm and it was stolen - ultimately coming into the possession of this child's "friend".
@JLS1950 Care to define "adequately secure"? If my gun is in my locked house, in a drawer, and some crankster breaks in and steals my gun, who's fault is it? After all, the gun was in a locked house. That seems pretty secure to me.
Correction: The gun did not "went off," guns do not "go off," that is media ignorance. Someone pulled the trigger.
@Goodwin Sort of like those annoying mistakes that keep getting themselves "made"...eh?
I was introduced to firearms when I was 8 years old. I started shooting them, but before I did, my dad and I went over rules, laws, safety, everything before I was allowed to even look at one. When he was not with me, they were locked up and us kids did not know where they key was. 1) So we could not get into them 2) so our friends couldn't find out we had them or where they were.Â
Also, as a child, I took a gun safety course before I could shoot guns, as well. I think my dad did everything right here. Obviously, these kids did not share the respect for firearms and did not have parents like my dad.
 @lovestolearn I agree! My kid at age 10 was trained in gun safety and basics of handling a firearm by a professional trainer at a range. She saw firsthand what happens to just a target when you shoot it at close range. The whole thing rips open, the trainer told her and I thatâs what happens to a personâs guts when you shoot them. Their insides open up and come spilling out! Stuck with both of us!! I am confident my kid will be VERY CAREFUL and very respectful. She also knows not to handle a gun at any time without an adult and in a controlled environment i.e. a range
@lovestolearn How many children today ever get the chance to take gun safety training? Your dad sounds like a very smart and responsible fellow...
@JLS1950Â @lovestolearn They don't need a formal, certification class. Just a responsible adult that takes some time to cover the fundamentals, like "never point it at anything you don't intend to kill"...
@TP @JLS1950 @lovestolearn In an ideal world that would work. The problem today is that there are a lot of "adults" who firmly think they know the critical rules of gun safety, but who are frankly about as ignorant as a pampered housecat is of violin strings. We don't trust most parents even to teach their children basic mathematics... and I have never heard of a child shooting himself in the head with quadratic equation!
Inasmuch as I am already on the blacklist of most gun nuts, I will go so far as to state that many of the people most comforted by their precious firearms seem complete ignoramuses about actual gun safety. Even a local police officer proved himself incompetent on this subject recently - at the cost of his young daughter's life and his even younger son's innocence.Â
So maybe a "formal, certification class" is not such a bad idea after all - for the parent AND the child!
@JLS1950I am sure he'd be the first to say he had no clue what he was doing, raising 3 girls (Well, mom helped, too!), but this is one thing he did right.Â
My husband enjoys shooting for sport (range shooting). It's only a matter of time before my dad and husband will be teaching my son. My son WILL learn all I did, if not more. He's only 5 months old now, though, so he's got a few years for us to plot out a plan. :)
This incident is the direct result of lousy, irresponsible liberal parenting! Avoid any subject that is uncomfortable, confrontational or that would ruin their mellow. Don't worry about the kids. Studies support the notion that they can raise themselves with little to no guidance as too much direction may damage their creativity. BULL!!! Absolutely Pathetic! I was taught at the age of 6 that weapons are never toys, they are tools that can be very dangerous when handled improperly. Always use respect when handling one and they are ALWAYS loaded until unloaded and verified personally. When are people going to wake up? My opinion......never as long as liberals rule the roost!
@kcsparky Liberal parenting? I would be more inclined to say absentee parenting. In this instance I doubt the parents made any conscious effort in determining any parenting style at all. But I hate to break it to you, children of conservative parents do plenty of stupid things as well, I certainly had my share of stupid moments. Of course handling firearms was never one of them, I did have sense enough to know that my dad just might really damage me if I so much as considered them incorrectly...
@kcsparky Blah blah blah, "Liberals".Â
Can't fiz stupid. Welcome to the school of hard knocks.
Sorry, can't spell either.
"....make them liable for any accidents."Â Before government laws preempted responsibility and common law, anyone one caused harm was responsible to the victim for making amends. Now the law doesn't give a damm about the victim and any money collected goes to the state.
"...The care was impounded as evidence." Who "care s" about the car? more make work. Where did the boy get the gun? The gun owner should answer to the hazard that was allowed. Most of us 2nd Amendment/NRA folks believe that. In life responsibility and choice go hand in hand.
@contraryjim Perhaps the gun was found in the "care"? That would actually fit, given prior notorious examples of such gun-owner recklessness.
i notice KOMO took great care to say "semi-automatic" handgun .. but the news rarely (unless its one of those so called "assault" rifles, say what caliber the gun is. (such as that guy who got shot by crazy parks dpt lady, in the chest.. is in stable condition) in both cases i'd still guess they were both .22cal rimfire weapons.Â
@everyoneelse I believe that the news media and the Brady Campaign to Ban Guns are trying to say "semi-automatic" over and over again and try to get the public to associate the word to tragic happenings so that they can get those banned. They did it with the words, "assault weapon", "military grade", "assault style", they tried "barrel shroud" but their ignorance showed through on live t.v., "cop killer" bullets, "high capacity" (frankly, I consider high capacity to be around 100 rounds; not 11 rounds), "grenade launcher" (although they are illegal, they still like to throw that one around to scare people).
@777Â "they still like to throw that one around to scare people"
That is because when you don't have a good argument scare tactics are all thats left.
The problem isn't the gun we get it.
the problem is the vast number of idiots who seem to attract towards the guns.
some legal, some not, some lawful, some not, some educated, some not. Â But the one thing they have in common, they are idiots.
I wish it was as hard to get a gun as it is to get a license to drive a car. Â Make them show you they understand how it operates including safety of the device before allowing ownership. Â And then, make them liable for any accidents which occur as a result of their gun.
@sunnysandiego Do you know that gun manufactures and gun sellers are legally shielded from liability lawsuits, even when negligence is involved, thanks to a federal 2005 law signed by Bush?  Â
No other industry has a law like that protecting them from lawsuits.
People don't even realize how far we have to go to dismantling the NRA's lobbying efforts.Â
@lakeview @sunnysandiego We let people drive cars which also are dangerous BUT we require them to have insurance in case they hurt someone with it.
We should do the same for guns. Â Require the gun owner to have insurance in case someone is injured by their gun.... like that ever happens huh?
@lakeview @sunnysandiego In 1994 Bill Clinton also signed into law to shield airplane manufacturers from liability lawsuits too.
@lakeview @sunnysandiego If you run a red light in your Chev truck and a 2yr old baby is killed.Should G.M. be liable because you made a mistake.Common sense you sound like Obama It is Bush's fault.You people want to blame every one else Grow Up
@lakeview Â
Please reread the law.
It was put into place to protect the manufacturer from being sued when
someone misuses the weapon. The manufacturer can still be sued if
the weapon itself is defective and thereby causes a death, or injury.
The automobile manufacturers are protected by similar laws. Can youÂ
imagine just how long the car manufacturers would be in business if
every time someone was injured, or died because some idiot was behind
the wheel, the car manufacturer was sued. The gun manufacturers ask
for and got the same type of protection.
Product liability is still in place for both automobiles, and weapons---the
difference is that neither can now be sued for the misuse of their product.
The automobile industry had been protected from such suits from the
get go, the weapons industry just recently acquired such protection
after a couple of suits where a shooting victims family went after
the manufacturer of the weapon. They figured the manufacturer
had deep pockets and was an easy target.
The weapon was not defective, but it was misused.
@jlynnhood Â
A lot of posters have an agenda and very little
knowledge of true facts. It sounds as if you
think of Lakeview as one of those, and from
the post I see on this article, I tend to agreeÂ
with your analysis.
@pete1427 @lakeview As soon as someone comes up with a logical rebuttal to lakeview's half-baked anit-gun rants, she tucks tail and runs. Go figure.
@lakeview@sunnysandiego "... Is our court system not good enough for you? " NO IT ISN"T, because folks like you wish to dump responsibility on those with deep pockets but NO choice in how their product was mis-used.Â
It is nice you have a pleasant view but are unable to reason.
@lakeview@sunnysandiegoSo Coke can be sued for giving kids cavities? How about Dodge if a drunk driver in a Ram 3/4 ton kills a child crossing the street?
@SeattleJoe @lakeview It was Bill Clinton and Janet Reno started going after gun manufactures
@lakeview "Why do the gun manufactures get their own special law?  "
The situation was this: Â Anti gunners decided that the way to go after guns was to file endless frivolous lawsuits, thus draining the finances of the companies. So, they called up their congressman and asked for relief from the sleaze-balls filing lawsuits. And now you have a law. Â It was flat out abuse of the justice system as well. So, if you are so upset at the law, go after the people that caused it: the anti-gunners like you.Â
@lakeviewThey don't. The automotive industries aren't liable for car accidents where people cause them. Man you are dense.Â
@lakeview because people freak out about guns and kep t rying to blame the mfg for misuse of a legal product that was not defective.
No one ever tried to sue Ford or GM because someone got in the car drunk and killed someone. They only sued car mfg is the car was actually defective. The liberals kept trying to treat gun makers differently than other manufactureres so congress needed to act to keep that from happening.
Gun manufactures can still be held liable if their product is proven to be defective and that defect causes harm.
@thebigteacher @lakeview @sunnysandiego It's why we have a court system. Why should the gun manufactures get their own special rules? Serious question. It doesn't mean that judges cannot throw lawsuits out, which they do all the time. Why do the gun manufactures get their own special law?Â
@lakeview So, let me get this straight. Because some idiot left a gun laying around so someone else could accidently shoot himself with it, YOU want to be able to sue the gun manufacturer for liable?
@NW-Economist @lakeview "Where are the lawsuits to Ford and Toyota for every car crash? Oh they don't do that? oops, you're BS logic fails again. "
True but you have to admire his/her consistency.Â
@JLS1950 @glad I don't live in king county @lakeviewIf a firearm goes off when someone touches the trigger, that's not a mistake, that's called design.Â
@glad I don't live in king county @lakeview No, because the gun manufacturer created a gun with a "safety" that automatically disengages whenever anything touches the trigger. That is but one of many "defects" (most even more serious) built into firearms for which manufacturers are shielded from liability. Have you ever heard of a firearm manufacturer issuing a recall to correct an issue with a trigger causing accidental discharge? When an automobile manufacturer makes gas tanks that explode or floor mats that trap the accelerator pedal causing uncontrolled acceleration, they get sued and they make corrections through recalls. Unsafe firearms get no such treatment and the manufacturers of same have been rendered "immune" by the former Republican administration and Republican Congress. Was all that to protect a "critical industry" or something?
@lakeview - you are the one that wants to sue and you don't know what liable is?
li·a·ble
/ËlaɪÉbÉl/ Show Spelled [lahy-uh-buhl] Â
adjective 1. legally responsible: You are liable for the damage caused by your action.@Sissy @lakeview He/she/it does that a lot when he/she cant answer a simple question directed at them. Then they move on to name calling and being "disgusted" at everyone else's ignorance. They are a troll, but I still get pulled in myself from time to time. It wont be long before they drop off and wait until everyone else is done posting before posting any rebuttals, again full of meaningless attacks.
@Ocean People have actually tried that, its called a frivolous lawsuit, similar to the ones people kept throwing at the gun manufacturers.
@lakeview @glad I don't live in king county Let me ask you this, Is ford liable when someone gets a dui?
@lakeviewWhere are the lawsuits to Ford and Toyota for every car crash? Oh they don't do that? oops, you're BS logic fails again.Â
@lakeview @glad I don't live in king county I am so confused. I always see you talking about banning firearms, but now you are scared of fascism?
@lakeview @glad I don't live in king county Why should the manufacturer be held liable for the proper use of their product?  If the barrel of the gun blows up when you fire it or something along those lines, then yes, they should be liable.  Otherwise, the person firing the weapon, purposely or otherwise (for example, this idiot) is responsible.
@lakeview R U drinking right now?  ranting that he hates america because he has a difference of opinion?  what is wrong with U?
btw, go ahead and make fun of my typing, it's all U got.
why not you can sue for every other stupid thing in this country/ ooh i broke my leg falling down your stairs when i tried to rob you
Also, what is "liable." Do you mean libel? Or liability? Â
@glad I don't live in king county @lakeview  Can you explain to me why the gun manufacturers get a pass when every other industry has to defend themselves in the American court system? Do you hate America? Why do you hate America? Is our court system not good enough for you? Do you want fascism, where the government can make all the rules? Why do you hate America?Â