Local news
Abilene police responded to an accidental shooting death at 12:41 p.m. Saturday in the 500 block of Washington Street.
According to police, a three-year-old child was found dead from a
gunshot wound. Police have not released the child’s gender or identity.
Abilene
police have arrested Demetrius Lmar McDonald in connection with the
shooting. He was inside the home at the time of the shooting.
Police said McDonald is a felon and possessing a shotgun is prohibited.
After being questioned by police, McDonald was arrested for 3rd Degree Felony Possession of Firearm by a felon.
McDonald’s bond is set at $75,000. Police say additional charges may be considered by police after the full investigation.
More proof that being a felon in possession of a gun is treated more seriously than allowing a kid to kill themselves with a gun. When determining who gets arrested, being black doesn't hurt either.
Well Mike, it sounds like they used the felon in possession arrest to make the immediate arrest that you often complain about not occurring. Keep in mind also that the punishment for felon in possession is likely greater than the punishment for child access prevention.
ReplyDeleteI do not complain that an immediate arrest for felon in possession doesn't happen. It happens every time. I complain that it's considered worse than actually killing a kid by accident. That's ass backwards.
DeleteHow is this proof Mike?
ReplyDeleteDo you think this guy would have followed a mandatory storage law?
He might have. Most gun owners are law abiding. Many lives would be saved, not so much for the accidents avoided but even more for the guns not stolen.
DeleteI am just gratified that most of the nation is free of the lethal scourge of "safe storage" laws.
DeleteHow in the hell is safely storing guns a "lethal scourge?" The lack of it is a lethal scourge.
DeleteHow in the hell is safely storing guns a "lethal scourge?"
DeleteA self-defense arm is useless if it's locked up when needed.
No, it's only useless in those cases in which the time it takes to get the gun out of the safe makes the difference between life and death - in other words practically never.
DeleteOn the other hand, you idiots who keep your guns under the pillow for quick access are directly responsible for many kid shootings and many more gun thefts. That's the lethal scourge.
. . . in other words practically never.
DeleteSo you say, and besides, "practically never" ain't never. How much comfort will a woman draw from the fact that she's a rare exception, as she bleeds out in front of the gun safe she didn't have time to open?
On the other hand, you idiots who keep your guns under the pillow for quick access are directly responsible for many kid shootings and many more gun thefts.
What do you mean "[us] idiots," and "directly responsible"? No kid has ever touched a gun of mine unsupervised. No gun of mine has ever been stolen, either, but that's the least of the problems with that part of your "argument." The person "directly responsible" for a theft is the damned thief. The victim of theft isn't even indirectly responsible for the crime that was committed against him/her. For shit's sake, Mike, you sound like those assholes who blame a rape victim for the horror she endured, because she had been wearing revealing clothes.
Yeah, that practically never is compared to a half-a million guns stolen each year, no telling how much damage they end up doing AND five or six kids that shoot themselves every fucking day.
DeleteSo, yeah, you're a monster to even talk about the rights of the "practically none."
Yeah, that practically never is compared to a half-a million guns stolen each year, no telling how much damage they end up doing . . .
DeleteAnd not one of those half-million, any year, is mine.
AND five or six kids that shoot themselves every . . . day.
Not with any of my guns, they don't.
In other words, I have nothing to do with any of these things that have left you gripped in the throes of such barely coherent rage.
And if it's "monst[rous]" to "even talk about the rights" of people, then I'm proud to be a monster, and intend to keep it up for the rest of my life.