An example of a fatal 'celebratory' gun fire shooting this weekend

Deaths like this do not happen in countries with strict gun regulation.  It is unique to countries with lax gun laws and lots and lots and lots of guns.  These deaths and injuries happen too frequently in the U.S.






We can change that.

This was never the intent of the Founding Fathers in writing the 2nd Amendment.  The 2A was about militias for common defense, versus standing armies for common defense.

from WTVR news in VA:

UPDATE: Child shot in head watching fireworks has died

7 year old Brendon Mackey

seven years old, was walking through the parking lot with his dad. He was a few step behind his dad and he [the boy] fell to the ground,”A large crowd had been gathering over by the reservoir to watch fireworks and a young boy,  Chesterfield Police Capt. Brad Badgerow said. “Initially they thought he was just passed out. They saw some blood. They thought he may have hit his head.”

But when the child was taken to the hospital, doctors made a startling discovery.
“When medical personnel were treating him, they found what they believe to be a bullet wound in the top of his head,” Badgerow said. 

Police said it is unlikely that the shot was intentionally fired at the boy, and that the bullet likely came from a gun fired off the premises. 

“We don’t think this was an intentional shooting. We think that somebody in or around the Brandermill area was celebrating the Fourth of July. Unfortunately we think they were shooting a gun in a reckless manner and this young boy is a victim,” Badgerow said.