Pastor spoke of "gun violence" in story on house fire

[yonse]

I was watching Fox 9 news tonight and they opened with the story about the house fire in Minneapolis which killed 3 kids. During the story they interviewed a couple people including Pastor Harding Smith. The first words out of his mouth were something like "We're already losing a generation of kids to gun violence..." I couldn't believe that he would use a story about 3 children losing their lives to an accidental house fire to talk about "gun violence". I know that I probably shouldn't be but I was even more shocked that Fox didn't edit it out of the story. At least they edited that part out of the interview on their website.

[Nougat]

at least one response?

fire claims 3000+ lives a year murderers using guns only about 2x that...not sure if its logical to think that we have fire kind of under control sort of anyhow by doing better wiring and stuff? so if its only twice as much as that from all the crazies, its not so bad since they are harder to keep controlled?

are my numbers right? is my tangent too skewed

[2in2out]

I don't know how to describe what Pastor Harding Smith said... shameless... hypocritical... psychopathic... I just can't decide. Obviously, he's got something on his mind other than the compassion, support and comfort that the family needs.

Re: Tangent - accidental fires used to be far, far more common. It happens to be FIRE PREVENTION WEEK right now, and firefighters all over the country take this opportunity to help people be better aware of ways they can reduce or prevent injuries and loss due to fire. This week is a commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, but we've had quite a number of "conflagrations", even in Minnesota, and those are much more rare these days. Fire safety can maybe be thought of as similar to self defense, though - it's one of those things that requires a lifelong commitment, practice and a prepared mindset for an event that won't likely happen but would be deadly if it did. This retired fire chief always appreciates talking about fire safety and prevention.

[Holland&Holland]

I don't know how to describe what Pastor Harding Smith said... shameless... hypocritical... psychopathic... I just can't decide. Obviously, he's got something on his mind other than the compassion, support and comfort that the family needs.

Re: Tangent - accidental fires used to be far, far more common. It happens to be FIRE PREVENTION WEEK right now, and firefighters all over the country take this opportunity to help people be better aware of ways they can reduce or prevent injuries and loss due to fire. This week is a commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, but we've had quite a number of "conflagrations", even in Minnesota, and those are much more rare these days. Fire safety can maybe be thought of as similar to self defense, though - it's one of those things that requires a lifelong commitment, practice and a prepared mindset for an event that won't likely happen but would be deadly if it did. This retired fire chief always appreciates talking about fire safety and prevention.

Why in all these year did you not just post buildings as fire free zones? Would have saved so many...

[Ironbear]

Why in all these year did you not just post buildings as fire free zones? Would have saved so many...

It would have discriminated against smokers and that is just not... uhmmm... well... never mind!

[Nougat]

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