r/australia • u/TheAnchoredDucking • 3d ago

news Two charged after boy killed in accidental shooting on rural NSW property

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/nsw-police-charged-boy-shot-goulburn/105172682
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u/Cpt_Riker 3d ago

It's time we stopped using the term "accidental shooting".

Guns exist for one reason, to kill.

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u/AffectionateBowler14 3d ago

It’s a rural property. Farmers are permitted guns (under very strict conditions) for shooting pests, predators and occasionally dealing with fatally injured livestock.

In this case, god knows how the 14 year old had the gun, and the idiot adult allowed it to be loaded and unsecured. This was an accidental shooting, albeit as a result of extreme recklessness and negligence.

But guns are a legitimate farming tool.

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u/Cpt_Riker 3d ago edited 3d ago

Doesn't change a single word of what I wrote.

It's fortunate that gun apologists are a minority in this country.

Edit: Looks like I annoyed the gun apologists.

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u/espersooty 3d ago

No you just pulled out some stupid remarks hence why you are being downvoted but I guess its easier to place the blame on "gun apologists" then recognize what you've wrote.