>>>>>http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/08/28/family-school-made-deaf-child-change-sign-name-said-it-looked-like-gun/
>>>>>It's nice to see the ACLU finally standing up for a civil liberty. If only it didn't take a deaf child to get them off their asses.
>>>>
>>>>Children and guns - reminded me of this: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/09/us/tennessee-gun-death/index.html
>>>>I wonder what Deputy Fanning's sentence will be in this case.
>>>
>>>I'm real curious about the whole story on that one.
>>>If the weapon was much more than a 22 pistol and the 4 year old doesn't have a bunch of broken or dislocated fingers or a busted wrist, I'd put the dad up for murder.
>>>If the weapon was a semi-auto pistol and it was sitting somewhere cocked, loaded, and no safety, I'd put the dad up for manslaughter.
>>>If a 4 year old managed to figure out and physically cock a semi-auto pistol, he should be put in a gifted program and should be playing some form of sports, because he's mighty smart and strong for a 4 year old.
>>>If the pistol was a revolver, it's more likely to be a larger bore (hence the kid will have physical damage).
>>>Either way, it's a two handed operation for a 4 year old to be able to hold the gun and pull the trigger. Tiny hands don't get leverage on a trigger if the fingers can reach it at all.
>>>
>>>I'd also be curious to see how good a shot the 4 year old supposedly was.
>>>Currently I'm leaning towards daddy telling the kid "you need to tell the police YOU did it so daddy doesn't go to jail and leave you all by yourself!".
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>>That scenario crossed my mind, but it's even more heinous than what supposedly happened.
>>According to what I've seen the boy is the deputy's nephew, not his son.
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>my first real heinous scenario was even worse:
>either prearranged as a set piece with some fatherly help or at least reenacting to get some credibility if the kid is checked for powder.
>But as there seem to have been others around less probability for that

The investigators have to consider all possibilities - even the one where the victim hands the gun to the nephew.