This Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 photo of a BB gun taken from a 12-year old shot by Cleveland police is shown. A 12-year-old boy shot by police after apparently grabbing what turned out to be a replica gun died from his wounds Sunday, a day after officers responded to an emergency call about a someone waving a "probably fake" gun at a playground. One officer fired twice after the boy pulled the fake weapon, which was lacking the orange safety indicator usually found on the muzzle, from his waistband but had not pointed it at police, Deputy Chief Ed Tomba said. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Cory Schaffer)
MY COMMENTS***************************************************************
I feel for this boys parents and my first thought is, with all the gun shootings and violence around, why would they, if they did, let him play with a gun, toy or not? Yes, he was at a playground and yes, someone did report that "someone" was playing with a possible fake gun, but the police were not told this, supposedly, and took drastic action when they arrived at the scene.
.....officers responded to an emergency call about a someone waving a "probably fake" gun at a playground.....
When will we truly examine the impact that guns have on our society will never be known. Anyone that seems to try will no doubt be held back by organizations like the NRA. You can be that incidents like there will continue and that there will be many more deaths. Our philosophy, lots of which we learned in Foundations of Inquiry class, might not prepare us for the loss of loved ones, but It sure opened the door to many opinions out there.
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