tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32768818.post5741089439071511542..comments2024-03-24T18:18:35.272-05:00Comments on BALLSEYE'S BOOMERS: Shooting At An Unidentified Target...Glenn Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677859688487279914noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32768818.post-57518666784239787592008-04-22T23:17:00.000-05:002008-04-22T23:17:00.000-05:00I agree, I would never say that this man should be...I agree, I would never say that this man should be arrested for what appears (via scanty media coverage) to be an accident. Accidents happen to everyone. Even fatal ones and instead of judging we should be saying "There but by the grace of God (or whatever) go I" I actually believe it is that very feeling (fear) that it could have been me that stirs such anger in people. When a mother loses her mind (literally I mean) and kills her child(ren) why do we vilify her? cause ever mother has had moments of being fed up and is scared that they themselves might crack one day. Most never do..it's just a (irrational?) fear. <BR/><BR/>Yikes, I'm chatty tonight. Anyway, what I was getting at was this.<BR/><BR/>A) show mercy to the man, he'll relive that day for the rest of his life<BR/><BR/>B) that mother's statement never should have been taken and published. LEAVE THE GRIEVING ALONE. This is a major pet peeve of mine about our media. What was a reporter doing talking to the woman in the first place? If my son just died and a reporter comes to my door they better HOPE AND PRAY that I don't answer it. This angers me. I don't want to see pics of funerals or video clips showing accident survivors sobbing on each other's shoulders. Those people should never have had a camera shoved at them in the first place. And then to judge a person publically because of a statement they made before the boy is even buried is just mean and hateful.<BR/><BR/>OK, sorry Glenn, I'm taking up your comment box. thanks for the info about turkey hunting, I understand what you said. This was just a very sad accident.MightyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563721884001643857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32768818.post-36071148865091575432008-04-22T07:45:00.000-05:002008-04-22T07:45:00.000-05:00I'll reply to both comments; actually I already di...I'll reply to both comments; actually I already did but lost the reply in cyberspace somehow.<BR/><BR/>As for hunting turkeys and wearing orange, nope it does not work that way. You would probably never see a turkey if wearing a lot of orange. They are dumb but very wary of their surroundings. So hunters wear camo when they hunt turkeys, usually from head to toe, and some even put camo on their guns (some guns are sold with camo designs just for turkey hunting). You also never wear red, white or blue when turkey hunting; this because those are colors found on a turkey's head, and the head is the point of aim.<BR/><BR/>As to the other comment, I don't think you understood everything I was saying, at least I don't think we agree on everything. Hunting accidents do occur. They can be caused by many things, negligence being only one of them. In this case it appears to have been a combination of things that led up to this accident. The root cause though seems to be negligence with a firearm, but I am not sure of that and would need further information to be sure. It may not have been negligence at all. It could have been that the dad saw a turkey approach, maybe even had a bead on one, then shot at it, missed, and hit his son whom he had not seen in the tall grass. I know it does not sound like that, but al of the news articles were very skimpy on details. In a case like that, I could not ever see arresting the father for negligent homicide. Even if the father had been foolish enough just to shoot at rustling leaves I am not sure an arrest is warranted. There are many cases of people driving who wind up being negligent just for a moment, and that negligence then causes a fatal collision, and the negligent driver is not charged with anything. Of course if the negligence was caused by a depraved indifference for human life as evidenced though repeated poor firearms handling as witnessed by others at other times, or if illegal drugs or alcohol were involved - throw the book at him.<BR/><BR/>As for the boy not staying where he was told to stay – you cannot say that did not play a part in this accident. It played a major part, and the boy’s actions were in part cause of the accident. That is not to place blame, that is to understand that such an event cannot happen unless many things fall into place. The boy being where he was in the grass was one of those factors. So as for the mom saying what she said – what do you expect her to say. This is her husband of many years. This is the man she chose to be with for the rest of her life, and whom she had children with. She probably is not blaming the boy, but she is making an excuse for her husband. Why – well because she loves him, and because he is the father of her children, and because both of them are devastated, and because she knows he never meant to harm his son, and that he loved his son ever so dearly. She will probably also curse him and wish him dead and her boy back in her arms. It will be a rocky road for them as husband and wife, and for them and the surviving daughters as a family. If that makes you mad, you may need to take a moment, compose yourself, and wonder if you have any cause just to be mad. <BR/><BR/>In my opinion, you should not get mad about this at all, unless of course you are a family member or friend of the little boy. Then I could understand mad mixed with a lot of other emotions. As a matter of fact, I think you have a rather twisted sense of self importance in such a personal matter as for you to get angry about how the mother reacts to her husband having accidentally killed their son, and for being mad at anything the mother of the child said in her time of grief if you were not also a close family relative of the boy (and even if you were, heck especially if you were a relative – you should not comment on your anger now). This is after all – not about you and how you feel. Discussing this rationally is one thing, getting all fired up and emotional and showing disrespect for the family is another.<BR/><BR/>As for taking away the hunting privileges of the father; well that might be advisable, then again there may be another solution if he is actually guilty of negligence in his son’s death. He should also be ordered by a court to become a hunter safety instructor. Once so certified he should have to travel, at least throughout his own state, teaching hunter safety courses each year for the remainder of his life. In each class he should have to stress firearms safety, and use the loss of his son as an example to others of what can happen if you even momentarily ignore the rules of firearms safety. I am not saying this would or should be considered as a punishment, or that it should be considered vindictive in any way. Rather it should be seen as what it is, an opportunity to have someone who was unsafe with a firearm, and who lost his own son by his own hand because of firearms negligence, to give a hunter safety class that no one who took it would ever forget. In that light it might be the thing that prevented a potential future hunting or firearms accident similar to the one involving little Hunter. In addition, I think maybe the father should remain a hunter. I think it might be better if he was mandated to obtain a hunting license each year for the remainder of his life. For the first 5 years he should be obliged to hunt in a supervised hunt; and if he passes muster he then should be obliged to supervise others found guilty of hunting or hunter safety violations. Yes you can get as angry as you want and demand a jail sentence, and I am all for long jail sentences and even the death penalty where warranted; but not in this case. In this case, I think it would be better handled the way I have spelled it out above; but that is just my opinion and you are certainly entitled to have your own.<BR/><BR/>All the best,<BR/>Glenn BGlenn Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677859688487279914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32768818.post-34856628331685853272008-04-21T11:39:00.000-05:002008-04-21T11:39:00.000-05:00OH too too sad.Can I ask a stupid question?I thoug...OH too too sad.<BR/><BR/>Can I ask a stupid question?<BR/><BR/>I thought all hunters wore bright colors (like neon orange) specifically so they can be identified by other hunters as human??MightyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563721884001643857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32768818.post-89690999747678553112008-04-21T11:36:00.000-05:002008-04-21T11:36:00.000-05:00I agree with everything written above and have fel...I agree with everything written above and have felt the same way. I hope that Mr Klaseus looses his PRIVILAGE to hunt again in his lifetime. He should be tried and convicted of at least manslaughter. What triggered my anger even more was the comment on KSTP Noon News, the comment from Amber Klaseus that said Hunter didnt always obey instructions. That is simply outrageous, the child should have no blame in this whatsoever. In a feeble attempt to try to take some of the guilt off Hunter's father whom Im very sure is suffering greatly as he should be. Hunting "accidents" dont occur, not paying attention to the rules is what kills. Hunter may not have obeyed his father, but the father didnt obey the rules of hunting as well. Sad, Sad day for all hunters who now have yet another tag of how we handle weapons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com