[Gonzo]

From CBC

SALLUIT, QUE - A 19-year-old Quebec man is in police custody following the shooting death of his 15-month-old baby sister.

The baby was killed when three bullets from a hunting rifle were fired at the ceiling of the room below the one where she was lying in her crib, Quebec provincial police said.

The mother of the baby heard the shots and found the baby injured in her crib.

She ran to get the regional police, who arrested the man at the family's home in Salluit, an isolated Inuit village on the Hudson Strait.

The baby was taken a local nursing station, where she was pronounced dead.

The 19-year-old was scheduled to be arraigned in court Monday. It is not yet known what charges he will face.

Written by CBC News Online staff

[mike2277]

The danger of a firearm increases in direct proportion to the idiocy of the person holding it.

[Rev_Blair]

The first thing that popped into my mind when I heard the story the first time was, "Didn't this guy have any gun safety courses?"

I thought the same thing last weekend when a couple of guys were fooling around with a shotgun and one of them ended up dead.

In both cases we're talking about legitimate hunting weapons...something I don't think should be restricted. What should be restricted is the people who handle them. You can't drive a car without a driver's license, you cannot handle firearms without a safety course...not that complicated.

We could likely provide such a course for free to all who wanted it for a fraction of the price of trying to enforce the current legislation and spend the remainder of what we are spending on that piece of legislation to keep the real problem...illegal guns being used by criminals...under control.

[Narissa]

Guns should be stored properly. I have 5 shotguns [for hunting] they are all kept locked in a secure gun cabinet - the keys and amunition are kept at my parents house on the other side of the street.
Our guns are there for hunting, so there's no need to have them out, I am not the least bit worried about my children getting hold of them, because we store them responsibly.
I think that there should be 'random checks' to see that gun owners have their guns secured properly.

[Rev_Blair]

See, now there's something that could be taught in a safety course...store firearms and ammunition separately.

It's something that I even do with my Hilti nailer. The nailer stays in the house and the charges for it stay in the air nailer accessory box.

[Phillip]

Hello,

I am not familiar with the Canadian gun laws. I know that you can' t buy guns in a supermarket, like you can do at our neighbour America
Does anyone has any information?

Greetings

Phillip

[QBC]

Training is important when it comes to firearms. I've had rifles and shotguns in my home all my life. My father taught me how to handle guns "Properly" when I was very young. There has never been a close call in our house or kids playing with firearms, we knew better because we were taught. When a child makes a mistake with a firearm it's the parents fault, period. Guns should be locked up and the ammo locked in another spot with only the gun owner knowing where the keys are. That old story of the gun going off while cleaning, that means the person cleaning the gun was an idiot and didn't check to make sure the gun is unloaded. When ever I pick up a firearm the first thing I do in check if it's loaded even if I know it's not.

Our gun registry is a huge waste on money and time. It will do "NOTHING" to prevent crime. I'm also a firm believer that no one needs a AK47 or M16 at home either. Machine guns are not needed to be owned by the average person.

[karra]

First,

$1:

Training is important when it comes to firearms.

Thank you for that gem.

Second, the criminal code covers everything you ever wanted to know about the legality of firearms.

Specifically, handguns, rifles of various length and automatic weapons. Perhaps the words, restricted and prohibited mean something to you. They're in the code, look 'em up.

Third,

$1:

Our gun registry is a huge waste on money and time. It will do "NOTHING" to prevent crime.

That's correct, although I would have said: "waste 'of' money and time."

[QBC]

I've had guns for over 30 years Karra, you think you can teach me about them? The reason for the comments about the "restricted" firearms is that many non-gun owners don't know the difference and they seem to be the people trying for increased guns laws.

[Rev_Blair]

I grew up around guns too, QBC. I've seen some really stupid things done with them by those who should have known better too, just to put Karra's little attack in perspective.

I learned most of my gun safety from my grandfather...it was a pre-requisite to touching the single shot .22. A few years later a friend was taking a course so he could get an FAC (not sure if that was law or his dad's law, but he had to do it) so I signed up too. I'd already had more than my share of killing things, but my friend wanted company and I had nothing on that night of the week.

I can't say that I learned much over what my grandfather taught me...a little bit about guns that hold more than one bullet at a time and some storage things that were handled by strict rules (touch that and you'll be in REAL trouble) where I grew up...but my friend kept learning all of things that his father did wrong. They had many guns and hunted constantly.

[karra]

$1:

I've seen some really stupid things done with them by those who should have known better too, just to put Karra's little attack in perspective.

What perspective are you talking about?

To expand on what you said,

I too have had many guns.

I also have hunted.

I am proficient with, mmm, let's see now - revolver, h&k MP5 silenced and not, assorted shotguns, derringers, webley, ak47, sig sauer, glock, s&w, beretta, colt and the list goes on - so what?

I know people with far more experience than I re firearms and you know what?. . . . .

$1:

They had many guns and hunted constantly.

too!

[Rev_Blair]

I highly doubt you've even seen most of what you mentioned in more than photographs, Karra. At any rate, most of those should not be available outside of the military or law enforcement.

A gun with a silencer implies you were involved in some sort of spy work (most likely not for the Canadian government) or were doing something even more illegal.

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[Rev_Blair]

[Madman]

hk mp5, silencer, derringer and ak47 are all prohibited and could send dear karra to the iron bar motel for many years if she had them,
but then I don't belive her for a second

[Gonzo]

I think she needs to see a therapist.