Toddler Harry Studley Shot In Head To 'shut Him Up'

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-38799276

I have now read this three times but still find it difficult to believe its true.

The mind boggles !

[hc4361]

He believed the air rifle was not loaded

[ToraToraTora]

not sure what is more shocking mikey, the bloke that pulled the trigger or the first answer defending the low life piece of scum.

[ummmm]

Where is hc defending him? He was just repeating what the article says!

[ToraToraTora]

So he put a gun to a babies head and pulled the trigger and that's ok because he didn't think it was loaded. Charming!

[hc4361]

I haven't defended him, TTT.

[ToraToraTora]

but you repeated the excuse hc.

[mikey4444]

I am with HC here TTT....he didn't defend him. It just shows how stupid this chap is....everybody knows you don't ever point a gun at anybody, loaded or not.

[hc4361]

I don't think that fact, if that is what it is, excuses him at all.

[ToraToraTora]

so as long as he believes it's not loaded that's ok then? Sorry I cannot grasp what you are saying here. He believed it was snot loaded so that's ok, that is what you are saying isn't it?

[mikey4444]

It doesn't HC.

[Smowball]

I've just read that - can't quite believe the stupidity of the man!

[hc4361]

Of course I'm not saying that. No stop poking me, TTT, and discuss the topic.

I'm trying to work out what this man will be charged with. Thankfully the boy didn't die, but if he had the man would probably be charged with manslaughter (if it can be established that he did, in fact, believe the air rifle was unloaded. Otherwise it would be murder),

GBH, possibly?

[Mamyalynne]

Truly horrific thing to do, will wait to see the result of the trial,


hc does not deserve such treatment for repeating part of the article.

[ToraToraTora]

social services will probably not see anything wrong here and hand the kid back. Give it a few months and the poor little *** will be brown bread.

[Peter Pedant]

// And, of course, a responsible person would never point a gun at anybody (unless they intended to shoot them). //

Unfortunately these stupid people think that like hitting a dog it will shut up -that is they think, if you hit a crying child he will quieten but kids are hard wired to cry louder ....

[Eleena]

Parents lacking parental skills or commonsense, poor kid, no chance whatsoever.