tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post4958075127223947641..comments2024-03-28T19:58:31.110-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: And where were the parents?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67915332078839868102009-05-12T19:30:00.000-05:002009-05-12T19:30:00.000-05:00It might even be a worse case of parental irrespon...It might even be a worse case of parental irresponsibility, Peter. <br /><br />A couple of the local TV news stations are reporting that the boy was a "special needs" child. Nothing more specific than that, but the local CBS affiliate has a statement from the grandmother who said that the boy obeyed the deputies' commands before he was shot. She said her grandson is a special-education student.<br /> <br />http://cbs2.com/local/cops.and.robbers.2.1006475.html<br /><br />So, we might have a situation of parents not supervising a kid with a toy gun who just didn't know any better. Poor kid. Poor deputy, too.Andreanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86739086507223392732009-05-12T18:18:00.000-05:002009-05-12T18:18:00.000-05:00Tomcatshanger, I take your point, but I think I'd ...Tomcatshanger, I take your point, but I think I'd call those <I>sports</I> rather than <I>games</I>.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-60103045367591121862009-05-12T13:03:00.000-05:002009-05-12T13:03:00.000-05:00Common sense is becomeing most uncommon anymore.Common sense is becomeing most uncommon anymore.Cliff Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-79741058943336998522009-05-12T10:38:00.000-05:002009-05-12T10:38:00.000-05:00Guns can be a game just fine. Look at all of the ...Guns can be a game just fine. Look at all of the gun games that are played, IDPA, IPSC, Steel, GSSF, Sporting Clays, Traps, Three Gun, and on and on. Then there's airsoft with skirmishes and competition style shoots, and there's paintball with scenario's, outlaw ball, speed ball, etc.<br /><br />Acting stupid with guns is not a game, correct. But saying guns aren't a game seems to be ignoring what responsible people do with firearms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-21597463723937457732009-05-12T10:35:00.000-05:002009-05-12T10:35:00.000-05:00The list of Darwin Awards keep getting longer.The list of Darwin Awards keep getting longer.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-16241648808721400522009-05-12T08:08:00.000-05:002009-05-12T08:08:00.000-05:00Fist problem you have is to FIND the parents for f...Fist problem you have is to FIND the parents for far too many of thewe wildlings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-19162061055180711662009-05-11T23:31:00.000-05:002009-05-11T23:31:00.000-05:00At the risk of coming off as a little malicious, I...At the risk of coming off as a little malicious, I think this is the result of putting too many warning labels on things; All the mouth-breathing morons who would otherwise have been filtered out are living long enough to get into trouble like this.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-53049933173518900152009-05-11T23:14:00.000-05:002009-05-11T23:14:00.000-05:00There was a story along these lines on one of the ...There was a story along these lines on one of the national gun forums a couple years ago--Carload of kids, one jumps out with a gun and advances on a guy in a jeep behind. Jeep driver jumps out, draws his gun...and the kid drops his and runs. Turns out the kid's gun was an Airsoft. <br /><br />When the cops caught the kid not long after, he wanted to know if they had caught "the crazy guy who pulled a gun on me"...and was shocked to find that he could have been legally shot.<br /><br />I've never thought to teach my kids "don't point guns at police, even toy guns".Sevesteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439626386416115766noreply@blogger.com