Anybody else seen the Mirror today........

[suicide jockey]

Blake was playing nearby when his dad took aim pretending to shoot the toddler and give him a “thrill”.

as an air gunner we all no if a rifle is pointed at you the last thing you get is a thrill, just hope the police took the rifle away from him, this guy needs help

[Lakey]

Problem with certain parts of society today is that few things has real consequences any more. You can do pretty much what the hell you like and most of the time get away with it. If you get caught most things just get a slap on the wrist at best.

Maybe a suitable consequence in this case would be (a) Five years in Jail or (b) The child taken into care for his own protection.

Clearly the father shouldnt be left in charge of a hamster, let alone a child.

Total Pillock in every way. And sadly Yes, another nail in the airgunning
coffin

[Orangeherald]

The really worrying thing is people like that breed! Surely pointing a gun at a kid and pulling the trigger amounts to attempted murder? Lock the idiot away from society.

[Gwylan]

Lock him up.... why should anyone be so stupid? If you don' know what an air rifle is capable of, don't own one.

Gus

[PSYCHOJOCK]

I used to shoot in my back garden, with a proper backstop made of concrete slabs and sand bunker. Only ever did it when I was on my own in the garden with the back door and side gate locked and all my neighbours were okay about it.

But, after reading these sorts of stories over the years I have stopped, I believe that I shot as safe as possible, but god forbid that something did happen. Also I keep a low profile about my shooting as I don't want to be labelled as a gunho moron.

Now I just shoot at my permission and the local club.

best to be safe than sorry .

It just amazes me that people can be so stupid

It's the same with any weapon, they are reasonably safe until some cretin gets hold of them

Cam.

[dmeader]

So many things wrong with this. The worse being he pointed a weapon knowing it was loaded at his own child and pulled the trigger. The child is very lucky to still have his life.
Truly gutted why must we have so many idiots in this world

[snock]

Gents,

May I direct you to the thread of the same subject that's running in Members Only?

In the interests of me not having two threads to keep an eye on, I'd like to close this one down.

Thanks.