: (CNN) -- A Kentucky mother stepped outside of her home just for a few minutes, but it was long enough for her 5-year-old son to accidentally shoot and kill his 2-year-old sister with the .22-caliber rifle he got for his birthday, state officials said.
The shooting that took the life of Caroline Sparks in southern Kentucky has been ruled an accident, Kentucky State Police Trooper Billy Gregory said.
Young children in the area are often introduced to guns at an early age, Gregory said.
"In this part of the country, it's not uncommon for a 5-year-old to have a gun or for a parent to pass one down to their kid," he said.
The boy was playing with it Tuesday when it accidentally went off and killed his sister, White said.
"The little Crickett rifle is a single-shot rifle, and it has a child safety," White told CNN. "It's just a tragic situation."
The Crickett website features three .22-caliber rifle models for kids, with shoulder stock colors ranging from pink to red, white and blue swirls. "My first rifle" is the company's slogan.
Family members Wednesday described the shooting as an accident.
Riddle said her granddaughter enjoyed singing and playing outdoors, and she loved her brother.
uncle David Mann told the CNN affiliate.
she told WLEX.
"I just know she's in heaven right now and I know she's in good hands with the Lord."
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Meleanie Hain: Gun-Carrying Soccer Mom Killed By Husband In Murder Suicide, Police Say (VIDEO):LEBANON, Pa. - A soccer mom who was thrust into the national gun-rights debate after taking a loaded pistol to youth sports events was killed by her husband in a shooting witnessed online by her video chat partner, authorities said Friday.
Scott Hain used his own gun to fire several shots into his 30-year-old wife, Melanie, while her video chat was active and perhaps as she washed dishes in their kitchen, police said. Scott Hain, 33, later killed himself in an upstairs bedroom.
Meleanie Hain's loaded pistol -- with a bullet ready in the chamber -- was in a backpack hanging from the front door.
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PROJECT CRICKETT
Subject:
Re: Legislative Update: Protecting Your Second Amendment Rights
From:
James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To:
MikeRossNews@mail.house.gov;
Date:
Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:41 AM
Hey Mike,
What kind of person would buy a gun? Probably someone who would want to use it.....?
If a law abiding citizen wants to become a criminal, I suppose he would start off buying a gun......? SHIT! If I was going to break into someone's house, I would want one too! Might need it in self defense! Who knows......a criminal may live there! No one thinks they are a criminal until they get caught!
If you found a gun in your wife's panties drawer, what would you do after the background check came back showing a clean record? Would you believe her if she told you she ...just...forgot to tell you?
If not married yet, would you still marry the love of your life, after she confided to you she owned a gun......and guns were illegal?
What makes you so sure things couldn't get bad enough for you to turn the gun on your own family before self?
No one knows they married a criminal until it too late!
Have you ever really sat down with the wife and asked her.....how...... she felt about guns in the house?
What is it.......
makes you a Democrat, and not just another conservative (definition being someone who only votes self interest)?
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From: Congressman Mike Ross <MikeRossNews@mail.house.gov>
To: JEAveryDVM87@att.net
Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 2:09:51 PM
Subject: Legislative Update: Protecting Your Second Amendment Rights
Dear friends,
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on a case that is a landmark victory for the Second Amendment and those of us who support law-abiding citizens’ right to own a gun. In McDonald v. Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the city of Chicago’s 28-year-old strict ban on handgun ownership – an unfair law I have worked years to overturn.
As you may know, the Second Amendment to our Constitution says that: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
For many years, those opposed to gun rights argued the Second Amendment only applied to the federal government. They argued that states and local governments had the right to restrict or ban gun ownership altogether. The two biggest examples were Washington, D.C., and Chicago, Illinois. Both of these cities had far-reaching handgun bans, preventing law-abiding citizens from buying or possessing a handgun even for self defense.
In 2008, I led Congressional support for an amicus brief or “friend of the court brief” expressing the opinion of the Congress that Washington, D.C.’s gun ban was a violation of our constitutional rights. And, the Supreme Court agreed, striking down D.C.’s gun ban in its decision of District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008. However, Washington, D.C., is technically federal jurisdiction, so the question of whether states or local governments could ban guns remained in doubt. That was, until this latest decision.
Last Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in McDonald v. Chicago that the Second Amendment’s guarantee of an individual right to bear arms applies to all levels of government – local, state and federal. The Court equated this fundamental right to bear arms for self defense with the other provisions in the Bill of Rights, such as our Freedom of Speech, Religion and Free Assembly.
McDonald v. Chicago is a common sense decision that reaffirms a basic constitutional right afforded to us by our Founding Fathers. As the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court has now ruled the Second Amendment is a fundamental, individual right applicable to all the states and I commend its decision.
As I supported repealing the D.C. gun ban, I again led Congressional support for another pro-Second Amendment amicus brief before the Supreme Court for this case - McDonald v. Chicago. Eventually, 251 Members of Congress and 58 Senators signed the pro-Second Amendment amicus brief and filed it with the U.S. Supreme Court for this landmark case. The brief had the most signers of a congressional amicus brief in the history of the Supreme Court.
I firmly believe that banning guns will not keep guns out of the hands of criminals, but it will keep guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens trying to defend themselves against criminals. That is why I have led the efforts in the House to gather congressional support for pro-Second Amendment petitions to the Supreme Court during its consideration of these historic gun rights cases.
The McDonald v. Chicago decision upholds an important part of our way of life and our heritage. It means that government at all levels – federal, state and local – cannot significantly limit law-abiding citizens’ rights to use guns for lawful purposes. This decision is a victory for all Americans who still believe in the Bill of the Rights and our Constitution.
As an avid hunter and outdoorsman and pro-gun Democrat, I will continue to work to protect our Second Amendment rights in Congress and I will continue to oppose and fight any efforts in Washington to restrict the ‘right of the people to keep and bear Arms.’
Sincerely,
Mike Ross
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From: Me
To: Congressman Mike Ross
Date: May 31, 2010
Hey peckerwood,
"These patriots answered the call of duty, and, because of them, we remain the leader of the free world and a beacon of hope and opportunity for all. Because of ordinary folks stepping up for an extraordinary cause, we enjoy historic freedoms today. We are free to choose our leaders, free to choose where we work and what we do, free to pray and read the Bible and free to worship at the church of our choice."
It's not freedom if there's only one choice that you find acceptable. If the definition of a conservative is someone conservative on every issue except those that affect him; then someone could still be a conservative even though he always voted democrat only because there were no issues that didn't affect him. That makes all the difference between someone who was only self-serving and someone who thinks picking which church to serve his LORD is freedom...
I believed you voted "no" to repealing DON'T ASK/DON'T TELL. This letter screamed reactionary instead of visionary answers to our world's problems. You be RED peckerwood.
Makes me think of a story.
It was a lovely day in the woods. The birds sang in the trees, the frogs croaked in the pond, the crickets chirped in the grass and a rattle snake slid along a small path, which led through the middle of the woods, to warm herself in the sun. She rolled up and slept a little. It was peaceful and nice. A man came along the path who saw the sleeping snake and wanted to kill it.
He grabbed a large stone and just as he wanted to throw it onto the sleeping snake she woke up. „Brother, why do you want to kill me, I haven’t done anything to you!" You are poisonous and must die!" called the man. "But brother, I am poisonous but I’m not doing anything, I won’t kill you!" " You, kill me?" laughed the man. "I am a human and am much larger and stronger than you and I have this stone. I am going to kill you with it!" "I am not a snake’s brother anyway!" the man screamed “…and you are going to die now!" He lifted up the stone. In that instant, the snake struck out like lightning and bit the man in the neck. He immediately fell to the ground and as he lay there dying, he heard the snake say: “If you had listened to me, brother, and hadn’t wanted to kill me, this wouldn't have happened and you might have had a long life." Then the snake rolled back into the sun and slept on this wonderfully peaceful day in the woods.
Just to make sure there is no confusion.......you are not the snake.
Freedom/equality/fairness begins at home.
Only then will our soldiers get the best support/less need to put them in harms way.
It's hard to win a war with an Albatross hanging around around our soldier's necks.
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From: Congressman Mike Ross <MikeRossNews@mail.house.gov>
To: JEAveryDVM87@att.net
Sent: Mon, May 31, 2010 7:39:25 AM
Subject: Legislative Update: Remembering Fallen Patriots
Congressman Mike Ross
To JEAveryDVM87@att.net
May 31, 2010
Dear friends,
Memorial Day is a special time. It is a time when we pay tribute to those we have lost in service to our country. But, it’s also time to renew our commitment to those veterans and active duty service members both here at home and throughout the world.
America has a long list of heroes who have served bravely in the United States Armed Forces. Men and women in uniform have served our great country in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf Wars and now in the global war on terror. These patriots answered the call of duty, and, because of them, we remain the leader of the free world and a beacon of hope and opportunity for all. Because of ordinary folks stepping up for an extraordinary cause, we enjoy historic freedoms today. We are free to choose our leaders, free to choose where we work and what we do, free to pray and read the Bible and free to worship at the church of our choice.
The largest assault on our freedoms in a generation came on September 11, 2001, when our nation was cowardly attacked by terrorists who underestimated the resolve of the American people. Terrorism continues to be a real and constant threat today, not only to those of us here in America, but to freedom-loving people all across this world. These terrorists have and will continue to target free, democratic societies.
Our troops are fighting a new kind of war and enemy and we must have their backs. Regardless of how you may feel about our ongoing and continued presence in the Middle East, it is important that we all remain committed to supporting our troops and ensuring they have the resources and equipment they need to do their jobs as safely as possible.
I visited Iraq in 2004 and Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008. In Iraq, I visited the 39th Brigade from the Arkansas National Guard and my mission was simple—to thank our troops for their service and to ensure they were getting the equipment and support they needed to carry out their missions.
Since entering Congress, I have made supporting our veterans and our troops a focus of my work in our nation’s capital. I firmly believe our veterans have given the ultimate contribution to their country and it is essential that we support them and their families. They leave as a soldier and return as a veteran.
On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, we must pledge that when soldiers return home, we leave no veteran behind—that we as a government will keep our promises to our veterans and to those who serve and protect us today.
We owe a lot to our veterans and those currently serving our country, and we owe even more to those who died fighting for the freedoms we too often take for granted. While these heroes deserve special recognition this Memorial Day, they deserve our deepest gratitude and respect every day of the year.
May God bless our troops and veterans and may God continue to bless the United States of America.
Sincerely,
Mike Ross
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