Yea, it didn't sound good on the scanner. 9 yr old was found shot in chest by bb gun. Was rushed to OSF in full cardiac arrest

Hmmm. I was recently told to shut up about the EB because it's so safe there.

The child died in the hospital.

During the course of the investigation, detectives learned this incident is the result of an accidental shooting due to children handling a gun," said Peoria Police Spokeswoman Amy Dotson. Sounds like someone didn't keep a gun unloaded and secure, with the ammo safely secured elsewhere. @AngryCodger "shut up" is not a phrase I use and this appears to be a different kind of "safety" issue.

Another irresponsible gun owner.

What a terrible tragedy. The attempt to turn this this family's horror into something about an old post on this forum is pretty tacky, too.

@ClaudeK : I think that is what is sometimes referred to as trolling.

@leslie110 : "Owner". I want to see who the "owner" of this gun is. Grandma (from the news story sounded like she was the homeowner) said there were no guns in the house. That could easily be. Ever hide/keep something in your parent's house that they didn't know about (not specifically you Leslie110....I think probably most of us probably did).

@ChefKevin : Exactly. Prosecute the "responsible" owner who didn't report it stolen.Reckless But Law-Abiding: How Guns Get Stolen In McLean County
www.wglt.org/post/re ckless-law-abiding-h ow-guns-get-stolen-m clean-county#st
The reports chip away at a common argument against gun control-that criminals are solely to blame and that law-abiding gun owners are responsible. In report after report, local gun owners made it easy to steal their guns by failing to secure them.

@ChefKevin : Would you be making these same assumptions/observations if this had been a white child from Morton?Nevermind.... I know the answer...

I got a thumbs down notice (whatever that's supposed to mean) so I must have hit a nerve. Sometimes the truth is so glaringly obvious, it hurts.

@ClaudeK : Is this the story that ends with a white child of privilege shooting up a Waffle House with the guns that the FBI confiscated and the "responsible" owner gave back to his kid?

@mypeez : Honestly, I hadn't even considered that case, but it's an example of the racial disparity that's always at hand. I appreciate you pointing that out, though.

@mypeez : If the gun was stolen, how do you know that it wasn't reported?

@ClaudeK : Ummmmm......yes. If white Morton granny said there wasn't a gun in her house, and a child was shot on her property, yeah, whose gun was it and why was it there? Sounds like you are assuming the child shot in the East Bluff was black.