A 3-year-old accidentally shot and killed their 1-year-old sibling Monday in Fallbrook after getting ahold of an unsecured handgun, San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputies said.
  • Jaded@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    38·
    1 year ago

    The better question is why was a handgun needed? People shouldn’t buy deadly weapons for fun.

    • borkcorkedforks@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Most people buy a handgun like that for self-defense. Likely because they don’t expect the cops to show up and protect them. And there isn’t anything wrong with owning something dangerous if it’s property secured and used safely. These parents were negligent.

          • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
            41·
            1 year ago

            Possibly in the rarest of circumstances. Doesn’t sound like a deadly weapon, though. And I’ve never heard of such case.

            On the other hand, quick search shows these headlines:

            • 1-year-old boy accidentally shot by 4-year-old brother in Texas
            • 7-year-old accidentally shoots and kills 5-year-old in Kentucky
            • Jacksonville police: Boy, 8, accidentally shoots, kills sister, 5, injures neighbor, 4
            • ‘Another tragic story’: 3-year old girl accidentally shoots and kills 4-year-old sister in Houston
            • Family grieves after daughter accidentally shot to death by 7-years-old brother
            • 10-year-old charged with accidentally shooting his 12-year-old brother
            • 14-year-old boy accidentally shoots brother, 8, outside Oklahoma Walmart
            • Police: 14-Year-Old ‘Accidentally Shoots’ 12-Year-Old Brother In Choctaw
            • 5-year-old accidentally shoots, kills little sister in Indiana

            This is just the first page of results and all of that is from 2023.

            So, were you saying something about choking on maple leaves?

              • you_are_dust@lemm.ee
                5·
                1 year ago

                I normally would not interject in this type of conversation, but your question about the knives keeps coming up and seems to imply people don’t have knives. I can almost guarantee every home in the USA has at least one sharp knife. These aren’t knife accidents and everyone has a knife in the house. Not every house has a gun. The knife question only makes sense if knives weren’t even more common household items then guns.

              • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
                52·
                1 year ago

                And from now on I’ll keep ignoring you unless you ask a different question, because I already answered that one.