Phoenix police: Dad distracted by online videos when toddler shot himself
Phoenix police: Dad distracted by online videos when toddler shot himself
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Phoenix police: Dad distracted by online videos when toddler shot himself
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This couldn't even happen if the guns those idiots owned had decent safety mechanisms such as heavy first pull, an actual safety switch or I don't know NOT BE FUCKING LYING AROUND LOADED AND READY TO BE FIRED
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I love the detail about how he set it down intending to clean it with a round still in the chamber. This man should not be allowed to own a firearm.
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You cannot clean a gun while it’s loaded. The whole “I was cleaning it and it went off” is bs. Unless he was actively firing the pistol in his house there’s zero reason to plop that shit on the couch loaded.
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That's exactly what they do, these people are obsessed with the idea that someone is going to break in at night and try to hurt their family.
I had a colleague who invited me to dinner and just casually plopped his pistol on the counter before serving his kids dinner, and explained why it's always loaded and has a round chambered, he worried the intruder would be so high on drugs that a single shot might not stop them, so you need the gun ready to go so you can react fast and hit him several times to take him down. This same explanation was given to me by a few people.
It was out of the kids' reach, holstered, and the safety was on. He has very strict rules that he follows when handling the gun, he was very aware of his gun when he allowed me to handle it, after he unchambered it, and made sure I swept the ground and pointed it at the top of the exterior wall of the house where no neighbors live. I didn't feel unsafe at any moment, but that druggie scenario isn't one I was worried about in our very safe suburban neighborhoods.
I have kids, and I have guns. I'm a leftists who believes an armed minority is harder to oppress. My kids don't know that I have guns and don't have access to them, and won't until they are able to understand why we have them. You can't expect them to just know to be responsible gun owners just because you are.
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He loaded his cleaning bullets and started blasting
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NOT BE FUCKING LYING AROUND LOADED AND READY TO BE FIRED
This guy bought the gun to protect his family! What if some gang members busted through his front door and started attacking his family? The gun needs to be loaded with one in the chamber and laying on the kitchen table for maximum family protection!
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Safeties won't protect against curious toddlers. Definitely don't leave firearms out around children, though.
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Never store a firearm loaded. Firearm safety 101. If you own guns but not a safe or a shit ton of trigger or action locks then you’re doing it wrong.
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Guerra told officers that he set the firearm on the couch, intending to clean it, but he got distracted watching online videos on his computer, court documents said.
Even if this dude serves time and gets out, he should never have custody again.
Also, we need to start teaching gun safety in the womb. There's just no other way to protect kids.
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Officers arrived and found Guerra holding the victim, a 2-year-old boy with a gunshot wound on his upper left arm and a broken humerus, court documents said.
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All these gun nerds are asking the wrong questions; what video was he watching?
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As a responsible father, he searched youtube for a video of how to clean the gun when you are around a toddler but got distracted by three 30 sec ads side by side. That's how it's happened, Your Majesty. My client is not at fault.
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We're living idiocracy dream life
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Gun owners love stories about idiot gun accidents because it allows them to imagine "responsible" gun ownership is a thing.
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It is a thing
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mm can you feel bad for the parent? why didnt he secure his gun properly? if a toddler can get a hold of your LOADED firearm, it is not in a safe place. this man should never of owned a gun in the first place he is not capable of taking care of it properly. his kid is the proff of that.