...but it's okay because mom had a concealed-carry permit.

The NRA immediately rushed to the child's defense.  Spokesman Butch Cavendish said: "The Second Amendment has no age restrictions as to when someone can own or fire a gun.  The NRA is rolling out a new campaign: One is not too young to own a gun."

The same NRA spokesman previously said that bat-shit crazy people also have the right to bear arms...

http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion_boards/viewmsg.asp?MessageID=238868&boardID=39&page=2#238868

he would have taken down the 2 year old and claimed self defense!    I guess the NRA will reward the 2 year old with their "My First Rifle".

The entire area is lousy with Aryan Nation-type right wingers and survivalists.  Not just "Red Necks." More like American Nazis.

Mothers

Is this what you really meant?
oligarchical  
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a. Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
b. Those making up such a government.
2. A state governed by a few persons.

Still, as someone said, leaving a loaded pistol with reach of a 2-year-old was not terribly smart.  No word on whether she had a carry permit.

My mom would have back-handed me so hard as to split my lip if I ever reached into her purse/pocketbook; at any age!

Yes BP all Americans have the right to bear arms. This includes children along with the mentally ill. Most states have laws preventing children from purchasing and possesing handguns and other firearms. The same is true for the mentally ill. Most states require background checks before a citizen can legally obtain a firearm.  

TheCunningLinguist thinks perhaps not.
oligarchical  
Also found in: Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
ol·i·gar·chy  (ŏl′ĭ-gär′kē, ō′lĭ-)
n. pl. ol·i·gar·chies
1.
a. Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
b. Those making up such a government.
2. A state governed by a few persons.

Well with the right to bear arms they are also a click away from killing someone else.    After all what is a gun made for?     Kill.

Oligarchical collectivism.

... if I had a two year old, they'd be strapped in a stroller whilst out in public.

Not terribly smart, the woman is dead because of her carelessness.

The second amendment and gun lovers are keeping away from this post as they know this stinks.

Will seize on any tragedy to grab guns.

Not that I'm calling bullshit on this story, but just the size of the kid in relation to the gun, lack of dexterity, ability to pull the trigger. I don't know, there is a hundred online stories every day of stupid people doing stupid shit. Why not this one? Guess now I'm going to hear how easy it is for a 2 year old to become Clint Eastwood for a few seconds, or for marikod to weigh in for the umpteenth time.

lefty BPS aka  Black Spiderman only wants criminals to have firearms.

Any gun owner thinking clearly realizes tragic accidents happen  sometimes .
 
   Many objects citizens are allowed to own or rent have the  potential to become dangerous, or lethal when proper safety precautions aren't followed.
   
    Why would anyone  try to convince you guns protect more people in the U.S.A. than harm them, when  there's no chance you would open your eyes, because your mind is closed on the matter ?
 
   The way you laugh so loudly at tragedy  like a lunatic, is extremely odd.
  Don't be too  confident  you won't meet your own version of  ironic comedy in Australia, an early fate you didn't expect.  I doubt you will laugh at that.  
   

I've never seen you post a thread/comment about a criminal with an illegal gun.

by UCLA. No, wait, my bad - the team that looked impressive was Duke. UCLA stunk. Seven points in the first half? Are you kidding me?

...said it was the best she ever had because she usually has sex with smelly, ignorant rednecks.

They just keep repeating this story. I hope they don't send that fucking nancy-boy Pierce Morgan back here for a follow up story.

Even though UCLA is a public university, the tuition is around $13K per year. And see mari, you not only don't have the money for school, the short shorts in your studio apt have been out of fashion for over 30 years. It's bad enough you don'[t have any basketball talent, but you lack fashion sense as well.  

Like so many who have either killed or made it easy for someone else to get their guns and kill!     Like so many school shootings the kids got guns from their homes!
Blah Blah Blah Blah.

We are talking guns and not pools, moron.

Tobacco: Personal decision, no one forces someone smoke.
Medical Errors = there will be compensation, loss of medical license, etc.,
Alcohol abuse: Personal decision, no one forces someone to drink.
Vehicle Accidents:  Covered by insurance and victims are compensated
Suicide: Personal decision
Drug Abuse: Personal Decision

When gun owners kill, they become criminals!

Easily more than are killed by firearms...
       We now know that 53,800 people die every year from secondhand smoke exposure. This number is based on the midpoint numbers for heart disease deaths (48,500), lung cancer deaths (3,000), and SIDS deaths (2,300) as calculated in the 1997 California EPA Report on Secondhand Smoke.
         In America on average, nearly 11,000 people die every year in DUI-related accidents. This decline of a couple hundred fatalities per year is a function of improved vehicle safety, NOT the necessary change in our behaviors. A full 1/3 of all arrested for DUI/DWI are repeat offenders. Roughly half of those killed are sober victims.  

Calling them all stupid because of a few instances is stupidity personified...

The way the smokers are being smoked out from public places (offices, malls, airports, stores, flights, trains, buses etc.,) shows that there is action being taken to end this menace.

They will all become stupid one day when they click, fire and kill an innocent human being,   It is a time bomb about to explode.

Hey dude, a police chief in that Redneck state shot his own wife sleeping in bed!   Get the fuck out.

Second hand smoke is one of the leading causes of asthma in children and smoking in the home by the parents is the main reason. That hasn't changed and probably wont.  
      Firearms murder numbers have been declining and are half what they were in the early 90's. That's better. Prove to me there were more firearms murders last year than previous years.  
     Every state allows the business to ban firearms if they choose to. I don't see it as the end of the world. Even if you can legally carry in a bar if you have any alcohol in your system you are more than likely committing a felony. DO a bit more research.  
       

However, using the incident as a rhetoric to dismiss the second amendment and promote anti-gun laws is ludicrous.