8-year-old accidentally shoots his mother at college baseball game

[Madmallard]

An 8-year-old boy found a gun at a college baseball game in Tennessee and accidentally shot his mother while thinking that it was a toy, police say.

The incident happened at a game between Memphis and UT Martin on Tuesday when the boy found the unsecured weapon in an antique car that was on display at Millington USA Stadium in Millington, Tennessee.

The mother, who was not identified, was sent to a hospital in critical condition. She was later upgraded to stable condition, according to WHBQ in Memphis.

Police: Boy, 8, accidentally shoots his mother at baseball game

 

[tirwin1]

WTF

 

[Justincase]

Idiots like this give us all a bad name. Completely the gun owners fault, but not for nothing, your 8 year old should know not to touch a gun. Perfect example of the argument for gun safety to be taught at a young age either at home or in school.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Idiots like this give us all a bad name. Completely the gun owners fault, but not for nothing, your 8 year old should know not to touch a gun. Perfect example of the argument for gun safety to be taught at a young age either at home or in school.

If the guy was serious it would have been in a holster on his hip. Left unsecured in an open vehicle? This was a display vehicle open for public access. If the kid broke into a house or a locked vehicle that would be different. This ass owns the problem and we pay the price. Gun safety for 8 year old kids I agree, they're not all equal. I've worked with Cub Scouts that age, some are good, some are idiots.

 

[Dinkus the Stinkus]

And that's the problem... So many parents are anti gun but allow their children to play with toy guns. Then when said kid finds a real gun he has no concept of guns being anything but a toy and okay to point at his own mother. I know this from experience as a kid who grew up in an anti gun home. I could have easily ended up doing this and I wouldn't have known any better.

This i why we shouldn't keep secrets and teach our kids about these things early and often. Early and often is key with kids because they are damn smart.