Youth who was accidentally shot dies

YONKERS – The 12-year-old boy, who accidentally shot himself in the head while in his family’s Yonkers home just before midnight on Saturday, April 13, has died.

Yonkers Police identified the youth as Nyran Plummer, a resident of Nepperhan Avenue and a student in the Yonkers public schools.


Youth who was accidentally shot dies

 

Asshole parents should be executed.

 

Let me guess. As a law abiding gun owner with a brain it's my fault?

 

Sad, at 12 he should have known all about guns & gun safety.

 

"Nyran shot himself in his apartment at 358 Nepperhan Ave., where his family found him on Saturday night, shortly before midnight, police said. He did so with a .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol, which was not legally possessed by a permit holder, police said."

Yonkers boy, 12, who accidentally shot himself dies

 

And this is why my guns are not locked away or hidden. When the kids were old enough to know better, I left them out, went through the guns with them, will let them handle them when they ask, and will shoot with them when they ask. They know the guns are loaded, and not for them to touch or show anyone.

Keeping a loaded gun hidden from a 12 year old is just begging for an accident if you ask me. My fil kept his hidden, and I had to convince the wife why I wouldn't do that.

No matter in this case I suppose as it was an illegal gun anyways, still sad though.

 

I do the same with my boys (age 4 and 5). I've told them, if you want to see my guns, just ask and I'll show you, but you're not allowed to touch them without asking. I'll hand them the key to the safe and let them open it, and then they ask before reaching into the safe. It takes the curiosity out of it. I've taken my oldest shooting, and he loves seeing the clays break (reactive targets FTW).