A tragedy

[pegkerr]

This story--and especially the picture of the father--absolutely broke my heart.

I can't give the family anything but heartfelt sympathy. Every parent knows how thin the line is that we walk between life as usual and making a mistake that has consequences you will never recover from.

I hope that their family stays intact after this tragedy, and may God be with them as they mourn their loss.

Edited to add: I cross posted this in badparents here and it has generated a large amount of comments, if people would like to see what others are saying.

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Wow...

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

Oh, gads... I flashed onto something that happened to my brother, Jeff & his wife a few years back. They're dairy farmers, and after school their two boys would spend the afternoon with their maternal grandma (she and Carrie's dad both live on the farm). Anyway, the kids decided to go back to their house, sneak into my brother's office, get at his guns, load them... That's when Jeff walked in. He was so upset with himself - he'd had the door locked, but it was only with a "eye-hook" set up that he'd thought was safe because it was well over the boy's heads, plus the safeties were on, and they were unloaded...

Anyway, he got rid of all the guns but one.