4 Year Old Shoots

I see in today’s news that a 4-year-old boy has shot and killed his father in Prescott Valley, Arizona. This kind of thing happens all the time. People don’t understand just how dangerous 4-year-old boys can be.

I searched “4 year old shoots” on Google and got more than a billion hits. Billion! I know that many of them are reports on the same incident, but still. In the first few pages of results I found headlines like these:

• Texas 4-year-old shoots himself with grandfather's gun
• 6-year-old New Jersey boy dies after being shot by a 4-year-old
• Richmond man shot by 4-year-old nephew dies
• Tennessee 4-year-old fatally shoots deputy's wife
• Two charged with neglect after 4-year-old shoots off his finger
• 4-year-old shoots himself in the hand
• Jacksonville 4-year-old boy shoots, kills, 11-year-old
• 4-year-old boy shoots himself in the leg after finding loaded handgun in car

People! Four-year-old boys are very dangerous! It would be best to not have a 4-year-old in the house. But if you do have one, keep him locked up for your own safety.

Now, you may be thinking, “Why not lock up the gun instead of the boy?” Ha! That’s very funny. This is America! We have w-a-a-a-y more guns than 4-year-old boys. Besides, guns don’t kill. Guns save lives. I’ve seen that slogan everywhere. It’s 4-year-old boys that are so very dangerous. In fact, let this blog be the first to suggest we pass legislation outlawing the possession of 4-year-old boys.

Even when the child’s birthday rolls around and he becomes a 5-year-old, you’re not out of the woods:

A five-year-old in Kentucky has accidentally shot his two-year-old sister in the chest, killing her. He was playing with a rifle he got for his birthday.

Clearly, If this family had not been allowed to have a 4-year-old boy, then they would not now have a 5-year-old boy and the little girl would be safe.

Wake up, people!