jeffwMtoNews@lemmy.world•2 months agoToddler, 2, dies after shooting himself while left alone in a Walmart parking lot as his parents shopped for fireworks(www.independent.co.uk)external-linkarrow-up1471arrow-down111message-square168
arrow-up1460arrow-down1external-linkToddler, 2, dies after shooting himself while left alone in a Walmart parking lot as his parents shopped for fireworks(www.independent.co.uk)jeffwMtoNews@lemmy.world•2 months agomessage-square168
minus-squareSchadrachEnglish0•2 months agolinkfedilinkSure, sure, but not every gun owner leaves their gun loaded and unsecured in a car with their unsupervised young child.
minus-squareEnsign_CrabEnglish4•2 months agolinkfedilinkAnd yet these ones did. And considered themselves responsible the entire time.
minus-squareSchadrachEnglish1•2 months agolinkfedilinkI guarantee you they don’t think that way now. I actually know someone something similar happened to and even years later half the house was basically a shrine to the kid.
minus-squareEnsign_CrabEnglish3•2 months agolinkfedilinkYup. But until that toddler’s corpse was found, they considered themselves to be responsible gun owners. And gun nuts counted them as responsible by default until that instant as well.
Sure, sure, but not every gun owner leaves their gun loaded and unsecured in a car with their unsupervised young child.
And yet these ones did. And considered themselves responsible the entire time.
I guarantee you they don’t think that way now.
I actually know someone something similar happened to and even years later half the house was basically a shrine to the kid.
Yup. But until that toddler’s corpse was found, they considered themselves to be responsible gun owners.
And gun nuts counted them as responsible by default until that instant as well.