I think they said it was very likely someone would be prosecuted for failure to secure a weapon. No idea what the punishment for that is. I obviously don't know exactly what happened here but it is fairly common for people in the states (at least in some communities) to keep a loaded weapon in their bedside drawer. They said there were 5 adults and 2 kids there. Maybe they were visiting friends who didn't have kids and just didn't think/expect the kids to go in their bedroom? Not an excuse obviously but you can see how it could happen.
A press story I read said something like: "Somehow the 3 year old got hold of a loaded handgun and shot her sister."
I'm absolutely positive that the so-called Founding Fathers would have been horrified by a headline like that but apparently their Second Amendment cannot be interpreted in any other way.
This has reminded me of the time I found a loaded pistol in my grandfather’s bedside table. Thankfully I was a clever enough child not to mess with it. fooking hell though.
I stayed with a friend in the US who had a few guns in his house. I asked why he needed them. 'In case the British invade, its in the Constitution'. He smiled, hmm ok.
He showed me them. I picked up a Smith & Wesson and a Glock (unloaded). They are heavy, it must have taken a pretty strong three year old.
Then he locked them up in a cabinet and handed the beers around.
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404 errors are internationally accepted, mate.
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3 yr old accidentally, fatally shot 4 yr old sister because they were unsupervised in a flat with a loaded pistol lying around.
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If she hadn’t shot her some vile paedo with a gun would have attacked and murdered her so in the end having a gun saved her from a much worse fate.
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If only the 4 year old was armed too :(
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I was interested that the most recent episode of SWAT on Sunday night finished with a suggestion that guns aren't always the solution.
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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/13/us/girl-shoots-sister-texas/index.ht…
I don't understand why there isn't a "failure to secure a weapon" prosecution?
I understand the parents have lost a child, but how easy must it have been for a 3 and 4 year old to get hold of that gun?
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I think they said it was very likely someone would be prosecuted for failure to secure a weapon. No idea what the punishment for that is. I obviously don't know exactly what happened here but it is fairly common for people in the states (at least in some communities) to keep a loaded weapon in their bedside drawer. They said there were 5 adults and 2 kids there. Maybe they were visiting friends who didn't have kids and just didn't think/expect the kids to go in their bedroom? Not an excuse obviously but you can see how it could happen.
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It's unbearably tragic and I am surprised it doesn't happen more often.
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A press story I read said something like: "Somehow the 3 year old got hold of a loaded handgun and shot her sister."
I'm absolutely positive that the so-called Founding Fathers would have been horrified by a headline like that but apparently their Second Amendment cannot be interpreted in any other way.
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Bananaman's response is bafflingly parallel.
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This has reminded me of the time I found a loaded pistol in my grandfather’s bedside table. Thankfully I was a clever enough child not to mess with it. fooking hell though.
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I stayed with a friend in the US who had a few guns in his house. I asked why he needed them. 'In case the British invade, its in the Constitution'. He smiled, hmm ok.
He showed me them. I picked up a Smith & Wesson and a Glock (unloaded). They are heavy, it must have taken a pretty strong three year old.
Then he locked them up in a cabinet and handed the beers around.
Welcome to America.
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This is pretty negligent on the parents' part.
Imagine growing up as that kid knowing that you snuffed your sibling? FFS.
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Fritz, maybe the kid in this case was "clever" and just saw the use of guns as a normal part of life.
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