Oy vey.

A couple of days ago, a quick headline blurb caught my attention: 6-year-old has gun in school, 3 children injured.

I was kind of hoping that maybe, because if the comma, the article was going to talk about 2 different occurances...one where it was found a 6-year-old brought a gun to school, and the other where three kids where hurt falling off the Monkey Bars....but no...it really does appear that a kindergarten student brought the gun to school, and at 10:20 it fell out of his backpack and discharged.  Three students, including the one who brought the gun in, we either grazed by the bullet itself, or fragments of the bullet and floor tile.

Either way, thankfully, the injuries were not life-threatening in the least, although the incident did result in one heck of a negative photo op as three children were wheeled out of a school on a stretcher after a shooting. 

Something like this has the same potential to damage the positive momentum the pro-gun side has right now as a mass-shooting.  Someone deciding to be sneaky and do harm with a gun is one thing....a Kindergarten kid 'who doesn't know any better' 'accidentally' bringing a gun to school and hurting someone with it shows back up the 'guns are out of control argument.

I'm not getting all high-and mighty here...there have probably been times when I am getting ready for a range trip, or coming home from a range trip or hunting season when my guns have not been properly controlled at all times.  But...since they were able to walk and talk, by girls have learned 'don't touch without mommy or daddy' and 'if you see a gun out, come get mommy, daddy, or another adult if you are at a friends house'. 

This being Texas, at least a few people get it: 

Kerry Brown, who's son Khoran was one of the other two injured, says this:

"I'm very disappointed and hurt," Brown said. "This is supposed to be an institution of learning and parents need to take better control of their kids."
That pretty much sums it up right there.  Glad your son wasn't hurt worse, Mr. Brown...and glad you see it a child rearing issue and not the fault of the gun.