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Samuel Moreno-Carranza, age seven, was injured after his mother fired a rifle inside church and police responded, killing her

A boy who was shot in the head at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch on 11 February has lost “a portion of his frontal lobe” while recovering at the hospital, according to his grandmother.

In a Facebook post three days after the shooting, Walli Carranza said her seven-year-old grandson, Samuel Moreno-Carranza, “has lost a major part of what makes us who we are” after “half of his right skull [had] to be surgically removed during two surgeries done in less than 24 hours”. Samuel had endured “cardiac arrest multiple times, and no one can determine whether he has significant brain activity because his scalp tissue is too friable” to let doctors attach electroencephalogram wires to him, Carranza added in a post that doubled as a criticism of the US’s lack of meaningful gun control.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

off-duty cops shooting the 7-year old is NOT relevant to a conversation on gun control because they are cops.

Right. Because they didn't have guns and weren't shooting? Because then the victims don't exist? Because they had more Range time? Because they were trained in high-stress situations and extremely familiar with their weapons?

This all sounds like me challenging Tony Hawke to a freestyle competition.

[–] BassaForte@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

Because they are cops, not civilian gun owners. Again, even if there was no second amendment, I guarantee cops would still be able to carry while off-duty. I'm saying the cops who shot the kid shouldn't be wrapped with civilian gun owners because they aren't civilian gun owners.