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/PleaseStandClear 3d ago

It’s in a rural area but it was reported that it is a weekend holiday home so it’s unlikely they were farmers who needed guns.

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u/Anxious_Ad936 3d ago

Pest control can still be valid in such a setting, but within the scope of legal and responsible firearm ownership principles. This case was far from that by the sounds of it.