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Negligence? Improper storage of a firearm? Wouldn't CPS call this an 'unsafe household'? The 7 year old kid gets charges but the irresponsible parents don't?
Aug 31, 2022 12:04 PM
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Negligence? Improper storage of a firearm? Wouldn't CPS call this an 'unsafe household'? The 7 year old kid gets charges but the irresponsible parents don't?
tgeliot
I checked, this really is on the AP site: https://apnews.com/article/arizona-a04861b0fdc0c7b44ad79c07ebff6464
Cuppoteam
Jesus, these parents should be locked away.
OnceBotheredTwiceShy
OMG - Maybe they were really the kids guns ?
RustyRedbeard
"I ain't telling him off, little bastard's packin heat" - Parents, probably
SpoonOfDoom
Okay guys, we can stop now. We know the US are fake. No real country could actually be like this. It was very funny, but the jig is up now.
dirtbagatheart
Gun owner here- Parents should be charged as a felony, so no more ownership. CPS needs to be involved
FeeltheFX
“Unlikely the boys parents will face charges.” They’re not even partially responsible? Shit rolls downhill. Isn’t that how the saying goes?
tondemonai
They didn't even have to mention he was white, since he lived
Columbus43219
My dark humor: It's because he didn't bring enough for everyone.
VodkaReindeer
What happened to those metal detectors I heard about?
1966flodur
With so many guns around accidents will happen. The second amendment is a curse on the American people.
MsladyRiver
Some people should not be parents. Let’s all push for comprehensive sex Ed and birth control in the US. Please! This poor kid.
filton2018
Well, he did buy them with his own money.
SpikeReynolds
I'm pretty pro-gun. Not that crazy ammosexual kind. Those parents need to face charges. Any parent who gives their child access to a gun
SpikeReynolds
Outside of their supervision should be charged with something. Or everything. They should take responsibility for what their kid did.
Cactus21
Wait… the police went into a school while a student had a firearm - did I read that right or is a Texas thing only?
WeSingLalaWhileTheDevilDoesTheChaCha
Why did the kid bring a gun? Why was he able to bring two guns? What shitty parent leaves guns and ammo out in the open with kids around?
QQTrain
Woah now, consequences for ones own negligent actions sounds like communism to me! Maybe even socialist! I bet that's how they do it n CHINA
thewiggins
In china you get consequences for the leadership's actions
Nuclearun
Devils advocate: This might not have been the parent's firearm. Could be a friend or relative. Guns could have been locked up in a safe and>
Nuclearun
the kid could have just figured out how to get into it. Guns could have still had locks on them when they found them on the kid. I'm not >
Nuclearun
saying that any or all of these are what happened, just that there could be instances where the parent's aren't actually culpable for the >
Nuclearun
child's actions. 4/4
Clockworkdancerobot
Then, shouldn't the police charge them?
Nuclearun
If a third party is responsible, then yes. The snippet of the article doesn't specify, just that the parent's *Aren't* being charged.
thrashingcows
AwwDamn321
Holy shit
koflan
"a second grade student is facing [firearm] charges" is one for the pile
LawFiveGuy
911 Operator: "911 what's your emergency?" School: "We have a 7yo with a gun" 911: "We're on our way. Bring him out, we ain't going in"
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
"He's gay" "we're sending the marines"
HelikaformerNubisKnight9
Hey, at least he didn't bring a banned book! Can you imagine what would've happened, if he brought "Fahrenheit" or "Anne Frank".
Miller16of16
They should take this to SCOTUS, that 7yr old qualifies as the “militia” and has a right to bear arms.
DrKriegersClone
Let's don't. The constitution doesn't specify an age limit, so they might very well find that age limits on carrying are unconstitutional.
swc0806
“The weapon was purchased legally” - Every news story ever in America.
RednapxpandeR
Go look where Bowie is. Middle of god damn nowhere
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
The solution to a bad toddler with a gun is a good toddler with a gun. I mean this isn't rocket science people!
Sechran
New TV Reboot! Muppet Babies - NRA Edition
Vter3
GoW1n
Give all the kids guns. It’ll make a more polite society *s*
fly4runner
This. My 8 year old has her CCL. You never know when mom or I might get caught slipping and need her to have our back.
KillingTlme
Aniken and Padme Meme - You meant to add a /s right?
onlyhalfghost
that's why he had two guns
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
Again, this is not hard... we all know what is needed to counter a bad toddler with two guns, right? ;)
onlyhalfghost
oh I mean he was planning to arm the good toddler so it'd be a proper fight. Toddlers aren't known for their tactical forethought
haggerton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkXeMoBPSDk
blockedtrem
I love you, I love this comment...
MrStickyCheeks
I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. I'm talking about my bottle of milk, of course.
SomethingOtherThanMyRealName
Apparently it's brain science and rocket surgery.
fractalsphere
How the hell is this NOT a charge for the parents? Leaving deadly weapons out like that can't be right.
WardSharlow
Some states don't have those laws.
ZiggyMundo
They would have stored them up their asses, but their heads were there already.
slack3rdav3
The 2nd grader got them at a gun show, so completely not their fault.
Thorketil
They probably want their child to be able to defend themselves if someone starts shooting again. /s
brassmule
If the firearms do not belong to the parents, and were procured outside of their home, and it would track with no charges there.
KillingTlme
Whoever owns those guns has lost all rights to bear arms.
backrideup9
Somebody's parents owns those weapons. Some adult left them laying around for a goddamm 7 year old to get ahold of. That's what SNs are for
brassmule
Otherwise the safe storage of handguns is a federal law. It would be a big deal, which makes me suspect they did not belong to the parents.
rallybug
FFLs must certify available safe storage or security for guns when selling to a member of the public - that's the only law I know of. 1/2
rallybug
Doesn't mean that the owners of the guns have to use it.. 2/2
KillerTofu615
Most FFLs sell weapons with at minimum a gun lock. a good one, no, but at minimum cost it fits the requirement.
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
Bringing guns to school? No problem. Kid mentions the word "trans", schools required to call CPS for child abuse. Sounds about right...
playingdead2022
My cousin was being bullied a long while back so he took a big ass kitchen knife to school. After that day they searched him everyday
JustAlex94
So the lesson learned was to bring a gun instead.
WimbledonTenismatch
Damn, get it together Americans. This logic cannot possibly be true but it is
TAYLORSWlFT
Guns don't kill people, pronouns do.
Evanrudeplz
At least it wasn't something dangerous, like learning about racism.
cheddarhat
Learning about racism is fine. Learning that all whites are racist is not.
RunanD
Oh boy, here we go. Is this black supremacy in the room with us now? What is it doing? When did you start seeing it? Helloooo little guy!
EngorgedPhallus
A 2nd grader is facing charges but the parents aren't? A 2nd grader?
SteveD31415
Mebbe if'n he becomes Bubba's lover that'll l'arn him.
faultysage
He's in 2nd grade, back in my day I'd be retiring from the mine with black lung at that age. Shameful the way kids are these days.
NirvanaNik
ruferto
maybe he didnt get the guns from his parents? if so - then they could have had no clue
NuclearMonk
I'm a dad and I know how oblivious I am with regard to who my kids have playdates, but holy shit....
BigKangDangaLangSlanga
That just raises further questions. Like, where is your 7yo hanging out that he can get guns without you even knowing about it??
ruferto
his friend/relative's house?
Beezlebubble
In my state, if you don't have absolute control of your fire arm it's a minimum of a fine, to a felony prison sentence, depending on
Beezlebubble
Frequency and circumstances.
RowanUnderwood
Remember folks, "gun safety" is a redirection tactic. There are vanishingly few accidental gun deaths
Thorketil
"We tried to stop him from committing suicide, but it was too late."
DragoWhooves
how many of the accidents were tried as murder to keep the accident rate low?
Lugh314159
1- No one mentioned gun safety. 2 – if they had, I’d add that gun safety includes securely storing firearms so that children can’t take them
MightyMile
I have 1 accidental in my family. Cousin went to friend’s xmas day. The dad got new holster and forgot gun on piano. Friend didn’t think dad
MightyMile
Would leave loaded gun lying around. Pointed at my cousin, fired, and accidentally killed her. They were kids. I also have 3 family members
MightyMile
Who were shot in the head by mentally ill people and lived.
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LoudBirb
It has been definitively proven that access to an easy method (i.e. a gun) makes suicide, often an impulsive decision, more likely...
LoudBirb
Combine that with guns being way more fatal than other methods of suicide and it's kind of a huge problem:
LoudBirb
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/guns-suicide/
LoudBirb
https://www.kff.org/other/issue-brief/do-states-with-easier-access-to-guns-have-more-suicide-deaths-by-firearm/