Onisema Tua
Local news reports
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20-month-old boy shot through the shoulder while riding in a stroller
last week in East Oakland was wounded after a pistol accidentally fell
from his father's pocket and went off when it hit the pavement,
authorities said Thursday.
Authorities said the boy's father, Onisema Tua, 23, has been
charged with three felony counts in the shooting: child abuse likely to
cause great bodily harm, carrying a concealed firearm and carrying a
loaded firearm.
Tua has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is scheduled to
appear in court Thursday. He is being held at Santa Rita Jail on
$180,000 bail. Officer Mike Troupe, the lead investigator, said a remorseful Tua
admitted his involvement but did not turn the gun over to police.
Troupe
said Tua said he carried the gun for protection.
The shooting happened about noon Sept. 11 in the 2600 block of
77th Avenue as Tua, his wife and the boy were walking home from Eastmont
Town Center. The boy was in a stroller being pushed by Tua.
Police said Tua had a semi-automatic pistol in his front pants
pocket. As they were going up a hill, the gun got loose and fell from
the pocket, going off when it hit the pavement, police said.
Guns are America's only unregulated industry so it's no surprise most guns don't have safety features to prevent killing when dropped.
ReplyDeleteAmericans are idiots, which means idiots get to have guns.
ReplyDeleteLet me get this straight. The people in the most liberal county in the most liberal state in the union, are still a bunch of racists to you.
ReplyDeleteYeah, sure.
Delete"Guns are America's only unregulated industry so it's no surprise most guns don't have safety features to prevent killing when dropped."
ReplyDeleteActually Anon, the majority of newly manufactured firearms include a mechanism that prevents the firing pin from striking the primer unless the trigger is pulled.
The Kimber pistol I routinely carry, while based on the venerable Colt 1911 design, also includes this feature. Since 2001, California has required handguns to pass a drop test for it to be certified as safe to be in the state. And I see that my pistol is included on the list.
I wonder if at some point, we'll find out if this pistol is on the list. Guns are required to be registered in the great state of California and I see no mention of a charge involving the possession of an unregistered firearm. If it is registered, it would be a simple thing to determine if the gun had passed the drop test.
My belief is that most of these "accidents" that occur when a firearm is dropped are in reality negligent discharges because someone had their finger or something else on the trigger.
Thanks for mentioning the lack of charges related to the possession of the gun. He was yet another lawful gun owner (hidden criminal perhaps) who was actually unfit to own guns.
DeleteYou always say that about the dropped gun discharge phenomenon, but I'm not buying it. There are just too many of these.
So your new gun will absolutely not go off when dropped?
DeleteGood for YOU now what about the other 299 million guns out in circulation that keep causing "accidents?"
"You always say that about the dropped gun discharge phenomenon, but I'm not buying it. There are just too many of these."
Delete"So your new gun will absolutely not go off when dropped?"
If we knew the model of gun he was carrying, it would be a simple thing to determine whether there were any safety features in the design.
My pistols design has been tested and certified by California which includes dropping three test guns six times from different positions onto concrete with the safety off. If any of the test guns dent a primer, then no certification.
Hey SS, that was Sandra not anon, but it's easy to forget who you are talking to when you just spew the gun loon talking points. So it doesn't really matter about your rant on anons and being confused about who you are talking to, as I said before. Thanks for proving yourself disingenuous again.
DeleteMy apologies, I forgot the link for the site which shows the firearm drop test.
ReplyDeletehttp://certguns.doj.ca.gov/
The "drop" test is what happens in everyday use out in the public, and we constantly read how guns go off merely by being dropped. Unless gun loons are lying to police in order to escape serious charges. No, not possible.
DeleteAnother law-abiding gun owner and model NRA citizen "protecting" us all.
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