Toddler, 2, dies after shooting himself while left alone in a Walmart parking lot as his parents shopped for fireworks - eviltoast
    • humorlessrepost@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Seriously. Might as well lock your toddler in your gun safe at that point. I don’t see what difference the wheels make.

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      4 months ago

      I was just quoting the actual laws… As a concealed carry permit holder it’s a pretty important responsibility to know how/where it’s legal to store your loaded handgun.

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        4 months ago

        I hope it’s also important to know how/where to store your loaded handgun so toddlers can’t get to it.

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          4 months ago

          Rule 1: Don’t have kids.

          Rule 2: Don’t allow kids in your car or home.

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          4 months ago

          Agreed - that’s probably the easier way to charge the father in this case. Focus on child endangerment, reckless abandonment, etc. I’m just saying a gun charge probably isn’t the best path to conviction in this case.

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            4 months ago

            You’re exceptionally bad faithing this whole comment section, you that right?

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              I haven’t made any arguments to “bad faith”. I just saw OP saying the father should face gun charges, and that’s a topic I know a bit about, so I thought I’d chime in with a quick fact check. I never said the father wasn’t a piece of shit or that he shouldn’t go to jail.

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                4 months ago

                Agreed - you where just trying to ram your agenda through everyone’s throat.

                (that’s you, that’s how you interact. ‘Agreeing’ with people in obvious disagreement with you, thinking that drove the point home)

      • ABCDE@lemmy.world
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        No, you weren’t, you wrote your comment completely ignoring the actual context.

        Regardless of that, carjacking and the ability for anyone to stop one, is not going to yield great results if someone is already pointing a gun at you. No one is really prepared to deal with opposing one; the best thing to do is just get out and get to safety.

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            4 months ago

            A knife or a gun is equally efficient at intimidating and damaging someone. You aren’t going to have the time or awareness to draw a gun before they stab you.