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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY Mar 19

    A 13-year-old girl has died after authorities say she was shot Saturday by her 9-year-old brother because he wanted a video game controller back, according to reports.https://usat.ly/2poWoue 

    3:35 AM - 19 Mar 2018
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      2. andrea Kline‏ @andreathekline Mar 19
        Replying to @USATODAY @Lnonblonde

        Parents should be prosecuted.

        5 replies 5 retweets 89 likes
      3. #TIMESUP‏ @Lnonblonde Mar 19
        Replying to @andreathekline @USATODAY

        In my county in CA, if you are an adult ( doesn't have to be parent) and leave your gun for a child to use and that child shoots and kills someone or commits another crime, that adult is liable and can be prosecuted.

        2 replies 9 retweets 107 likes
      4. andrea Kline‏ @andreathekline Mar 19
        Replying to @Lnonblonde @USATODAY

        I am going to ask my local legislators what our laws are here in Montgomery County, MD

        1 reply 0 retweets 18 likes
      5. #TIMESUP‏ @Lnonblonde Mar 19
        Replying to @andreathekline @USATODAY

        Great idea. One of the many reasons we all need to support #MarchForOurLives and get true gun reform. Children need to stop dying.

        3 replies 2 retweets 28 likes
      6.  ♈️ ☀️~Femme~ 🌙 ♌️‏Verified account @FeministaJones Mar 19
        Replying to @Lnonblonde @andreathekline @USATODAY

        We should also address the behavioral and emotional issues that would make a 9y/o want to shoot his sister over a game controller. Why is he so angry? Entitled? Violent?

        7 replies 8 retweets 161 likes
      7. #TIMESUP‏ @Lnonblonde Mar 19
        Replying to @FeministaJones @andreathekline @USATODAY

        I also want to know why a gun was so accessible to a 9 year old.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. andrea Kline‏ @andreathekline Mar 19
        Replying to @Lnonblonde @FeministaJones @USATODAY

        Yes, my sister and I fought- hit and bit- but no guns. So we are 64 and 67.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Civil Savage‏ @Hustle_Scholar Mar 19
        Replying to @USATODAY

        With the way everybody was saying prosecute the parents I really thought this story included information that it was the parents gun. This is America, it isn't hard for anyone including a 9yr old to get a gun from ANYWHERE not just the home

        2 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
      3. Jill Benson‏ @Jilltension Mar 19
        Replying to @Hustle_Scholar @USATODAY

        Let me be clear: the parents are responsible for their children. Period. It doesn't matter where the gun came from. What matters is the boy had free access to it. What matters is a family dynamic that enabled him to act out on his anger in that way.

        2 replies 0 retweets 36 likes
      4. Jill Benson‏ @Jilltension Mar 19
        Replying to @Jilltension @Hustle_Scholar @USATODAY

        What was going on in that house where that kid thought that behavior was acceptable? I blame the parents here. I am sorry they lost a child, but that's their responsibility they have to live with.

        3 replies 0 retweets 20 likes
      5. Civil Savage‏ @Hustle_Scholar Mar 19
        Replying to @Jilltension @USATODAY

        Def need to keep kids out of the hands of irresponsible parents

        0 replies 0 retweets 21 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. laShanda‏ @libragirl75 Mar 19
        Replying to @USATODAY

        This is sad!! How did this child get his hands on the gun???

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
      3. andrea Kline‏ @andreathekline Mar 19
        Replying to @libragirl75 @USATODAY

        Parents didn’t secure it

        1 reply 0 retweets 20 likes
      4. laShanda‏ @libragirl75 Mar 19
        Replying to @andreathekline @USATODAY

        So sad!!! They will probably charge the parents.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      5. andrea Kline‏ @andreathekline Mar 19
        Replying to @libragirl75 @USATODAY

        Hope so. A friend of mine- former military and a current police consultant- says there are no gun accidents- only negligence or planned.

        7 replies 3 retweets 45 likes
      6. KentWaviest Caldwell-Pope‏ @purplelabelkid Mar 19
        Replying to @andreathekline @libragirl75 @USATODAY

        An accident is just negligence with blame attached

        0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      7. End of conversation
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      2. Ibukunoluwa 🖤‏ @AirCoker Mar 19
        Replying to @USATODAY

        What has this child been exposed to?

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. clayjohanson‏ @clayjohanson Mar 19
        Replying to @AirCoker @USATODAY

        You’ve never seen a child throw a temper tantrum?

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Jill Benson‏ @Jilltension Mar 19
        Replying to @clayjohanson @AirCoker @USATODAY

        Yeah, no. This was clearly not a normal temper tantrum. What was going on in that house?

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      5. Ibukunoluwa 🖤‏ @AirCoker Mar 19
        Replying to @Jilltension @clayjohanson @USATODAY

        This is more than a temper tantrum. This is something the child has been exposed to or something the child sees as an occurring thing

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      6. Morg‏ @Mkp1202 Mar 19
        Replying to @AirCoker @Jilltension and

        Or a child who’s never been taught fantasy vs reality and that moves and video games are not real. But ya know let technology baby sit and leave weapons around the house and then lets blame the entertainment.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      7. Ibukunoluwa 🖤‏ @AirCoker Mar 19
        Replying to @Mkp1202 @Jilltension and

        Or the child lives in an environment that shows "violence solves the problem" Or "Violence gets you what you want"

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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