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I think this refers to the recent Richmond LEO shooting in Chesterfield County - not sure though.
ttp://tinyurl.com/65rnch
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Dangerous novelty lighters
A man was shot by a police detective over the weekend while wielding a box cutter and a cigarette lighter that resembled a gun.Some local firefighters weren't surprised to hear about the incident. No more mention of the box cutter.
They say novelty lighters are dangerous for a number of reasons, especially when it comes to children. What are the other reasons?
It looks like a flip-flop keychain you might pick up at a beach souvenier shop but, the danger is one click away. Novelty lighters are easy to find and easy to use, things that make them scary for firefighters. Are they also scared of matchs, gasoline and cars? How big was it? Sounds very small - could it be the size of a cigarette lighter ?
"We have issues that children are also drawn to them, and ifI looked at it, I would think it was a toy, versus a tool," says William Jones, Battalion Chief ofHanover County Fire. Takefor instance, what looks like a little toy dog, it looks innocent, and would certainly be attractive to a child. But one motion and a flame comes out of it's nose. What happened to child resistant lighters?
Jones says you should treat lighters like these almost like weapons and lock them away so that children do not have access to them. You see your honor, he had a cigarette lighter and he had it in his hand......
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It is my understanding that the man "threatened" the LEO and advanced on him. I am not challanging the officer's justification. I sincerely hope his actions were what any other resonable man would have done.
The article proposes that we lock up things that if improperly used could be dangerous. Many try to make there homes "child safe." There's nothing wrong with that but education of them must be the biggest part of the process. Everything cannot be locked up! It would be easier to lock them in an empty room - then they'd be safe from themselves........and I'd be locked up.
I won't have room in my house for all of my safes: cigarette lighter and match safe, knife safe, fork safe, medicine safe, cleaning product safe, electricity safe, water safe, magazine safe - there must be others.
I agree that cigarette lighters (and other items) should be kept from toddlers but not because of the way that they look! Never let your child eat a gingerbread man or even see you putting them in the oven. Gasp - PLEASE!
BTW - I deduct that the box cutter was the recognized weapon not the cigarette lighter. Yes, I know that there are fuctional miniature firearms - DGT (don't go there)!
:banghead: Rant over - your turn.
Yata hey
I think this refers to the recent Richmond LEO shooting in Chesterfield County - not sure though.
ttp://tinyurl.com/65rnch
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Dangerous novelty lighters
A man was shot by a police detective over the weekend while wielding a box cutter and a cigarette lighter that resembled a gun.Some local firefighters weren't surprised to hear about the incident. No more mention of the box cutter.
They say novelty lighters are dangerous for a number of reasons, especially when it comes to children. What are the other reasons?
It looks like a flip-flop keychain you might pick up at a beach souvenier shop but, the danger is one click away. Novelty lighters are easy to find and easy to use, things that make them scary for firefighters. Are they also scared of matchs, gasoline and cars? How big was it? Sounds very small - could it be the size of a cigarette lighter ?
"We have issues that children are also drawn to them, and ifI looked at it, I would think it was a toy, versus a tool," says William Jones, Battalion Chief ofHanover County Fire. Takefor instance, what looks like a little toy dog, it looks innocent, and would certainly be attractive to a child. But one motion and a flame comes out of it's nose. What happened to child resistant lighters?
Jones says you should treat lighters like these almost like weapons and lock them away so that children do not have access to them. You see your honor, he had a cigarette lighter and he had it in his hand......
__________________________________________________________________
It is my understanding that the man "threatened" the LEO and advanced on him. I am not challanging the officer's justification. I sincerely hope his actions were what any other resonable man would have done.
The article proposes that we lock up things that if improperly used could be dangerous. Many try to make there homes "child safe." There's nothing wrong with that but education of them must be the biggest part of the process. Everything cannot be locked up! It would be easier to lock them in an empty room - then they'd be safe from themselves........and I'd be locked up.
I won't have room in my house for all of my safes: cigarette lighter and match safe, knife safe, fork safe, medicine safe, cleaning product safe, electricity safe, water safe, magazine safe - there must be others.
I agree that cigarette lighters (and other items) should be kept from toddlers but not because of the way that they look! Never let your child eat a gingerbread man or even see you putting them in the oven. Gasp - PLEASE!
BTW - I deduct that the box cutter was the recognized weapon not the cigarette lighter. Yes, I know that there are fuctional miniature firearms - DGT (don't go there)!
:banghead: Rant over - your turn.
Yata hey
