Man ‘Accidentally’ Shoots 9-Month-Old Son In The Head
You know how you’re cleaning your gun, then accidentally shoot your 9-month-old baby son in the head? Me neither, but that’s what happened on Wednesday evening to a Kokomo, Indiana man baby.
[su_center_ad]Police are investigating the incident, according to ABC 21.
At around 5:00 p.m., 31-year-old John Hambaugh III was getting ready to clean his handgun in his kitchen.
Authorities say a round was accidentally left in the gun and discharged when Hambaugh was beginning to clean it. The round went through Hambaugh’s thigh, then struck his son’s head.
When police arrived, they found the homeowner and his 9-month-old son were both suffering from a single gunshot wound.
Police believe the child was standing next to Hambaugh at the time of the incident, according to The Indy Channel.
“It was pretty scary. The whole neighborhood ran out here and tried to help. It wasn’t much we could do. A little bit later the dad came out. He had shot himself in the leg also. The bullet went thorough his leg and into the kid’s head,” neighbor Tone Burton said.
Hambaugh and his son were taken to a local hospital then the child was airlifted to Riley Hospital for Children and remains in critical condition.
Howard County Sheriff Steven Rogers said, “You have to first ascertain that the weapon is not loaded. I can’t drive that point enough. If you take a class in responsible firearm handling, that is the first thing they tell you. You have to check and double check to make sure that the weapon is not loaded.”
And then there’s that thing about not pointing a gun, loaded or otherwise, at anything unless your intentions are to obliterate it.
Hambaugh was treated and released from the hospital.
The case remains under investigation.
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arc99 October 23rd, 2014 at 5:58 pm
I want no part of any law which would establish a legal precedent that the state can demand you demonstrate competence in order to exercise a Constitutional right. Competency tests in order to purchase a firearm would in my opinion be just as unconstitutional as literacy tests to vote. I do believe that for better or worse, the 2nd amendment protects and individual right to own a firearm.
But having said that, we cannot ignore the reality that the more guns in society, the more prone we are to accidents like this. Conservatives have been busy over the past few years passing laws requiring a woman to have an ultrasoound before she can have an abortion. So in the same vein, why not require everyone who purchases a firearm to view a short video which contains police crime scene photos of people who were “accidentally” killed or injured by a gun.
After all, it is just a way to insure that the person makes an informed decision. That’s what the ultrasound law supporters told us. So let’s keep informing people.
Tommy6860 October 23rd, 2014 at 6:10 pm
🙁
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 6:12 pm
Are you smiling at me, Tommy?
Tommy6860 October 23rd, 2014 at 6:23 pm
Huh?
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 6:23 pm
I did revise my comment.
rg9rts October 23rd, 2014 at 6:41 pm
~~~(^.,.^)
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 6:12 pm
I did post a comment here, it didn’t even go to moderation, but it did disappear!
tiredoftea October 23rd, 2014 at 6:15 pm
I just approved it. Disqus will post it, whenev’s.
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 6:18 pm
Thank you, do you think it disappeared because I used D!ck Cheney’s name in my comment?
tiredoftea October 23rd, 2014 at 6:19 pm
Don’t know. The ways of Disqus are mysterious.
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 6:21 pm
As far as I know, Disqus doesn’t do moderation on the sites that use Disqus commenting format.
mea_mark October 23rd, 2014 at 7:12 pm
Language filters catch words and send comments to pending, it is programmed in for the sites that don’t have moderators.
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 7:43 pm
Yes, you are correct, mm, I believe each site’s filter is set to catch certain words. I know on Raw Story you are not allowed to post “laptop.”
Candide Thirtythree October 24th, 2014 at 12:21 am
hahahaha now that’s funny
Margie Bateman Osgood October 24th, 2014 at 1:10 pm
Well I do know he is a big enough Dick that there is enough for everyone to post, might get tricky……..
John_St_John October 24th, 2014 at 11:32 am
Can you post “lapdance” on RS though??
Jack E Raynbeau October 23rd, 2014 at 7:30 pm
You are correct. Moderation is done on the site level.
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 7:41 pm
Yes, that is true, each site is in charge of moderation.
Anomaly 100 October 23rd, 2014 at 8:15 pm
We have filters in place and apparently ‘Dick” is one of the words in the filter.
Anomaly 100 October 23rd, 2014 at 6:51 pm
Let’s test that out and see if I get filtered.
Dick dick dick dick dick dick Cheney.
tiredoftea October 23rd, 2014 at 6:53 pm
Ha! Ha! Yes, I approved your … comment! My turn.
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 7:47 pm
LOL
Anomaly 100 October 23rd, 2014 at 8:13 pm
The Mod God got me. Again. That’s twice today that Mea_Mark has edited my posts! Lulz.
mea_mark October 23rd, 2014 at 7:05 pm
Apparently the trick of using the ! as an i doesn’t work anymore. Disqus is trying to hard to keep us from talking about Cheney when using his first name. I guess because he is such a D1CK.
Note to all, this did not go to pending.
tracey marie October 23rd, 2014 at 7:30 pm
dick
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 7:44 pm
Is Disqus in love with Cheney?
Jack E Raynbeau October 23rd, 2014 at 7:46 pm
Disqus does not care what you post.
https://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/1462592
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 7:47 pm
Thank you for the link, Jack.
Jack E Raynbeau October 23rd, 2014 at 7:49 pm
You’re welcome.
This is a hot topic for me because at the Salt Lake Tribune long time respected posters are being over moderated and banned. Seems like the moderation at a once great forum is now being done by the Mormon church.
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 7:51 pm
Moderation on that site is being done by Mormon church?
Oh wow! That is very interesting to know, most probably that site will turn into a mormon colony!
Jack E Raynbeau October 23rd, 2014 at 7:55 pm
Not the church directly but by Mormons it seems. They are quite sensitive since the dispute between the Trib and the church paper, the Deseret News. (the snooze)
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 7:57 pm
Well, I’m sure those Mormons belong to a church.
Jack E Raynbeau October 23rd, 2014 at 9:04 pm
“thee” church.
Larry Schmitt October 24th, 2014 at 6:31 am
The Trib and the News entered a joint operating agreement in 2006, so even though they are separate companies, they are close enough that the church handling the monderation of the Trib’s comments is not surprising.
Jack E Raynbeau October 24th, 2014 at 11:20 am
It appears that the JOA was designed to cripple the Trib to the point that there is no dissenting news in Zion.
Candide Thirtythree October 24th, 2014 at 12:19 am
hahahahaha!
rg9rts October 23rd, 2014 at 6:19 pm
You trust them??
tiredoftea October 23rd, 2014 at 6:19 pm
I trust no one.
rg9rts October 23rd, 2014 at 6:21 pm
Mod also…they know me as PITA it is a constant battle..Never give up…LOL tell them i sent you
rg9rts October 23rd, 2014 at 6:22 pm
Will now try notifications!
Jack E Raynbeau October 23rd, 2014 at 9:12 pm
In the words of Nicholas Cage, “There are two people that I trust. I’m one of them and you’re not the other”.
tiredoftea October 23rd, 2014 at 9:20 pm
I’m more of a Fox Mulder man, myself.
rg9rts October 23rd, 2014 at 6:18 pm
OMG the NRA is having a banner competition for shooter of the month this October…
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 6:28 pm
Is NRA giving one year of free ammunition and few rifles to the winner?
rg9rts October 23rd, 2014 at 6:38 pm
A cash reward to be used as they wish…in this case for a headstone one assumes
Suzanne McFly October 23rd, 2014 at 6:37 pm
He must of bought one of those guns that go off magically on their own. I heard the faux news bimbos talking about how you should first pass a civics test before you are able to vote (as if any of them can pass ANY test), can you imagine what their heads would do if someone suggested a test on simple common sense be given before a gun permit is given?
rg9rts October 23rd, 2014 at 6:40 pm
Pregnancy Test??? No No IQ……No no drivers….no no eye …no no….
tiredoftea October 23rd, 2014 at 6:57 pm
Their latest is telling women to just keep the tinder because it’s way too confusing to vote!
Maxx44 October 23rd, 2014 at 6:41 pm
Darwin
Suzanne McFly October 23rd, 2014 at 6:48 pm
Seems like that theory has been blown.
William October 23rd, 2014 at 6:47 pm
I just hope that little guy makes it.
Larry Schmitt October 23rd, 2014 at 6:50 pm
And of course no charges will be filed, because being completely f***ing stupid is not against the law. And this kind of shit will happen over and over again, as people who don’t have the brains of a potato insist on cleaning loaded guns.
Robert M. Snyder October 23rd, 2014 at 7:38 pm
“being completely f***ing stupid is not against the law”
Yep. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen adults operating riding mowers with toddlers sitting on their laps. I used to know a high school Science teacher who did this and defended the practice.
veggiedude October 23rd, 2014 at 6:53 pm
Why is it a right to own a gun and only a privilege to drive a car? If the US army is coming after me, I’m not gonna stand there with a six shooter – I want to get in my car and run away as fast as possible!!!
tiredoftea October 23rd, 2014 at 6:54 pm
Well, ’cause cars aren’t mentioned in the Bill of Rights?
veggiedude October 23rd, 2014 at 6:55 pm
In other words, its not technologically up to date?
tiredoftea October 23rd, 2014 at 6:58 pm
Bingo
forpeace October 23rd, 2014 at 7:49 pm
Some people even love their guns more than they do love their own children.
whatthe46 October 23rd, 2014 at 9:17 pm
much like the woman who publically stated she loves her dog more than her son.
Margie Bateman Osgood October 24th, 2014 at 1:11 pm
I love my dog more than my husband…………….sometimes
Jack E Raynbeau October 23rd, 2014 at 9:10 pm
It’s not the right to own a gun. It’s the right to bear arms. Where’s my rocket launcher?
Candide Thirtythree October 24th, 2014 at 12:22 am
You have a right to bear it but not a right to use it
John_St_John October 24th, 2014 at 11:33 am
You will not outrun the drones and their Hellfire Missiles. You will only die tired and out of gas.
veggiedude October 24th, 2014 at 11:57 am
I’d only have to drive a few miles to find a good place to hide, and its better odds than standing your ground with a rifle vs drones. Run and hide!!!
tiredoftea October 23rd, 2014 at 6:55 pm
You and Mark are such perfectionists!
tracey marie October 23rd, 2014 at 7:27 pm
Throw his stupid careless ass in jail, period!
Denise October 23rd, 2014 at 7:39 pm
dumb and dumber, stupider than stupid.
Jack E Raynbeau October 23rd, 2014 at 9:08 pm
Nine months old? Meh. If you wait until they’re teenagers you go to jail.
/s
annaaurora October 23rd, 2014 at 9:16 pm
The sperm donor was treated and released. Can he keep and Bear Arms? Does anybody suspect domestic violence, because I do.
Anomaly 100 October 23rd, 2014 at 9:24 pm
Yes, that Dick.
tiredoftea October 23rd, 2014 at 9:25 pm
Stop already! I’m catching all of these and it’s cutting into my wine drinking time!
KB723 October 23rd, 2014 at 10:05 pm
Sad…. I hope to hear good news on the toddler….
Candide Thirtythree October 24th, 2014 at 12:16 am
My daughter says that America has the cleanest guns in the world because every day some asshole wounds or kills someone ‘while cleaning his gun’
When will law enforcement wise up and realize that there is way too much ‘gun cleaning’ going on?
whatthe46 October 24th, 2014 at 12:46 am
she sounds like a smart cookie.
searambler October 26th, 2014 at 9:26 pm
“Police believe the child was standing next to Hambaugh at the time of the incident…”
A nine month old baby was standing next to daddy? Yeah. Right.