9 year old shot dead NSW

[alexjones]

Lets see what comes from this.

A 33 year old and a 14 year old have been charged over the “fatal unintentional discharge” of a firearm after a 9 year old boy was shot and killed at a property in regional NSW.


https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-ac ... 5c33dbaa08

[noneyabussiness]

such a tragedy...yes they will spin it in favour of " harsher punishments for offenders" ... not, s**t this was a terrible ACCIDENT and a reminderto check your safes... again speculation, but wait for it

[alexjones]

This article calls them "relatives" and the 33 year old was charged with allowing a person to possess a firearm and not keeping a firearm safely and the 14 year old was charged with possessing an unauthorised firearm. I wonder if that means the 33 year old new the 14 year old would take the gun to play with or they are just charging him for being negligent and perhaps leaving his safe unlocked or keys out.

Very tragic. I am not sure about NSW but in QLD kids between 11-17 can use guns on private land without a licence if they are being supervised by an adult licence holder so kids using guns is common but something like this should never of happened.


https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/9-y ... 5lre5.html

[Fester]

In NSW, I don't think anyone unlicensed can touch guns unless it's at a range Try-Shooting with an RO supervising.

The kids can get the juniors license at around 13 or 14, not too sure of exact age, but a licensed shooter must then supervise at all times.
If it was after the election and a hung Greens-Labor government, they may have used it to toughen gun laws after a media beat-up

It's sad but there will always be the odd accidental shooting accident and I have not heard of one since the shotgun going off in the back of a ute some years back now.
We have a very good safety record in NSW with no public land shootings or deaths that I know of.
We should use that when they come for our guns in the next few years but not saying shooters could ever stop fighting each other and get together.

[geoff]

I'm sure we won't have the details for a while but we do know the most important fact - the tragic death of a minor.

I'm sure that nobody involved started their day hoping for that outcome.

Can't imagine how the parents must feel.

[Ratsmitglied]

This is a very tragic incident.

NSW, IIRC, a minor is only permitted to use a firearm when they have a minors permit (ages 12-18), for the purposes of receiving training or use in competition. In all cases it's under supervision by an adult license holder. Not entirely certain whether it is only permitted on authorised ranges, but the wording could be interpreted as such (under the assumption that training can only occur on an authorised range, I don't feel like going through the rest of the legislation to work that out)

I'm not going to speculate further on the situation, but I can see a few possibilities that make sense with the charges laid.

[Tinker]

It's sad but there will always be the odd accidental shooting accident and I have not heard of one since the shotgun going off in the back of a ute some years back now.

Not sure how you could call that accidental. Leaving a loaded shottie in the back of a ute is just negligent.

[Bugman]

News just reported that the vehicle was being packed when a 14 year old picked up a firearm and it went off. I have no answer for this at present.

[on_one_wheel]

What a horrific tragedy.
An important reminder for the 10 commandments of firearm safety.

[Robin]

This is so sad and a totally preventable death, everything we got taught with firearm safety just went out the door.