jeffwM to News · 8 months agoToddler, 2, dies after shooting himself while left alone in a Walmart parking lot as his parents shopped for fireworkswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1470arrow-down111
arrow-up1459arrow-down1external-linkToddler, 2, dies after shooting himself while left alone in a Walmart parking lot as his parents shopped for fireworkswww.independent.co.ukjeffwM to News · 8 months agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76arrow-down23·8 months agoLoaded gun in a car door pocket? I don’t think these people considered themselves responsible gun owners.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up99arrow-down6·8 months agoNo, I think they did. That’s the problem.
minus-squareEnsign_CrablinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61arrow-down1·8 months agoThey probably considered themselves responsible parents as well.
minus-squarelennybirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·8 months agoThe point is what people claim to be and what people are, are different things.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoWhat they claim and what they believe.
minus-squaretamal3linkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoIt’s terrifyingly common where i live, though people who do it think it’s common sense self-protection.
Loaded gun in a car door pocket? I don’t think these people considered themselves responsible gun owners.
No, I think they did. That’s the problem.
They probably considered themselves responsible parents as well.
The point is what people claim to be and what people are, are different things.
What they claim and what they believe.
It’s terrifyingly common where i live, though people who do it think it’s common sense self-protection.