A young soccer player was killed Friday night in a Raleigh, N.C. hotel after a man in another room accidentally fired a gun, local TV station WGHP reported.
Raleigh police charged Randall Louis Vater, 42, with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Nathan Andrew Clark, 13. Clark was in Raleigh to play in a soccer tournament, witnesses told WGHP.
Police said Vater and Clark were in separate rooms at a Comfort Suites hotel when the suspect accidentally discharged his firearm. A round went through a wall and hit Clark, who authorities said was pronounced dead at the scene.
Vater, who had prior convictions including assault and breaking and entering, was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
[“Vater, who had prior convictions including assault and breaking and entering, was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.”]
Sounds like the NRA’s, the Righties’ and the Cons’ man of the year.
If only the good guy, the 13 year old, had been armed guess he would have been OK, huh Wingnuttery and NRA?
What about my rights? Apparently my right to live no longer extends to the walls of my hotel room
NRA ditto head of the year
Second amendment rights… That kid’s right to life, liberty,and the pursuit of happiness has been robbed from him, and his family. Who will speak for them.
A five minute, universal background check and that kid would probably still be alive.
I hope this happens to Wayne LaPierre. Because this is what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they spoke of a well-armed militia.
Edit: Oh, I actually just read my copy of the United States Constitution. Turns out they actually said “well regulated militia”, not “well-armed”. I’m surprised nobody noticed that before.