Colo. girl killed in apparent accidental shooting
Updated 10:53 a.m., Tuesday, December 27, 2011


CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) — A 5-year-old Fremont County girl is dead in an apparent accidental shooting.

The Fremont County sheriff's office said Ruth Joy Wilson was found dead Monday evening in her family's home in the High Park Ranch subdivision. Investigators believe she accidentally shot herself while handling a .45 caliber handgun in her parents' upstairs bedroom.

The girl's parents, Levi and Grace Ann Wilson, and an infant were downstairs at the time.

The sheriff's office said the results of their investigation will be turned over to prosecutors, who will decide whether any charges should be filed.

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It just never gets better.

Wouldnt it be neat if people needed some base level of intelligence before being granted a permit to own a firearm.

I dont know what they require currently, but this happens so often, it kinda makes me think theyre idiots.

If you have both, a gun, and a child in the house, at least one of the two should be locked up somewhere.

...or they could keep the ammo separate.

if an intruder is so close, that you dont have time to unlock a box, then it already too late.

Ive never heard of a kid dying from a home security alarm going off either. Something to thing about.

Guns and drugs. They are NOT the problem! People are the X factor that create the misuse and problems with them.

If the gov't spent more on education than regulation things would be better!

It is tragic when such things occur, and the bleeding hearts will always lobby for more regulation than education.....so the problem continues.

next, lets make sure they stop regulating who owns and drives cars,, if people want to be wreckless they will,,,

and lets stop passing laws about sexual consent, if people want to force themself on somoene , they will...


rules and regulations are never necessary, lets go for total freedom and chaos so people can be 'happy'....

You CAN'T protect everyone from everything Msharmony, I don't care how many damn laws you pass, if someone wants to commit a crime they will still do it. I am sick and damn tired of living in a nanny state where every little thing we do is regulated up the ***. If that's a country you wanna live in, have at it, but not me. Give me personal responsibility and personal freedom any day of the week.

It shows how far we've fallen that such ideas have almost become a 4 letter word anymore. We've forgotten what it really means to be free.

of course we cant protect everyone from everything, but the answer isnt griping about any attempt to protect anyone from anything,,,


its not the idea that freedom is a four letter word

its the idea that freedom without responsibility or sacrifice is reasonable and should be expected and demanded that escapes me,,,

It's already Chaos......in a world without regulation someone shoots the culprit in the act at some point with no time off for good behavior....no paying to keep the culprit in jail.....no court electricity bill, judge, maintenance.....the end.

Besides, what good does it really do.....the crime is already committed......they take the culprit in...book him...post bail possibly commit another crime in the time being or go to court time served and out to commit more crimes.....

Smith and Wesson used to handle it....tar and feathers....there was less crime

The problem is we can't be able to take responsibility for ourselves if the terms of it is forced upon us. Personal responsibility means you are responsible for what you do and you ONLY. It's not, that if you **** up everyone else has to change how they act for what you did. I'm sorry, but it does not work that way, and never did.

Anytime something bad happens, the cry is for more regulations, stricter laws, etc etc etc, but this just takes our responsibility to take care of ourselves away from us. No personal responsibilty, no freedom either. Once you let others tell you what you can and can't do like that, you give it up.

really? you dont take responsiblity for yourself?

thats odd,, I have no problem doing so, even with laws and regulations,,,

You don't get it at all, when you start to let the state tell you what you can and can't do, then you lose you the ability to take that responsibility for yourself.

Take raw dairy for example, it's practically a crime in some places to get the stuff, and they wanna crack down on it more and more by the day. If we can't get it, we aren't being given that choice to consume it if we choose and take the responsibility of any consequences.

Same goes for other things too in the same vein. Marijuana is another one.

When the state tells you can't do something even if you want to, you cannot be able to freely choose for yourself to do that thing any longer. Simple as that.

life has rules, rules dont tell me what to do, rules dictate the social consequence of what I do

I still get to take as much personal responsibility as I wish.

I think a study of the meaning of 'choice' would be beneficial. Choice does not cease to exist with consequence

consequence is a natural part of life, consequence is the 'reaction' to our choice in 'actions'

I dont roam around feeling deprived because of consequences, I simply choose if my actions are important enough to risk the consequence,,,

If I get in my car, there is a chance that I may be in an accident

is it worth it,,,sure


If I smoke some weed, there is a chance I can get arrested, is it worth it ,,,,probably not to me, but to many I know,,,sure


If I spank my child, there is a chance some overzealous observer will call the police,,,,is it worth it to me,,,,yes,,,,

,,and on and on,,,,,life was never meant to be a catwalk, we wouldnt appreciate it nearly as much if it were

we wouldnt be nearly as happy as we think if we truly lived in a culture where three hundred million seperate individuals all could just choose to do whatever made them happy,,,,,