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Toddler fatally shoots mom in Idaho Walmart
- Thread starter oldbanger
- Start date
Banning toddlers would be more effective.
Or hire a lifeguard for the mandatory ball pit.
It looks like Wall World is not going to go full retard over this. Wish I could say the same thing for the press/newsreaders.
stay safe.
Or hire a lifeguard for the mandatory ball pit.
It looks like Wall World is not going to go full retard over this. Wish I could say the same thing for the press/newsreaders.
stay safe.
WalkingWolf
Regular Member
This event makes it clear why carrying should be done in a proper holster.
carracer
Regular Member
Absolutely. Just loose in a purse is a recipe for disaster. As is loose pocket carry. Also, obviously, had she been open carrying would not have happened.
davidmcbeth
Banned
Luckily, the tike did not shoot a random person walking past 'em.
An isolated incident.
An isolated incident.
davidmcbeth
Banned
That's not a proper course of action.
Man this really sucks. As gun owners we must make SAFETY a #1 priority. This story gets me right in the feels. Who pocket/purse carries with a round in the chamber and no safety or holster? So very unsafe...especially with a small child.
WalkingWolf
Regular Member
That is why I am a safety Nazi, you can't fix those kind of mistakes.
This is a very key point that will not be allowed to enter the public debate. Open carry in a holster is one of the safest ways to carry a loaded firearm. But the public wants to shame it so much that people are sheepishly hiding their guns inside places that are NOT safe. Granted, there are safe ways to conceal, but that becomes a secondary factor to some people who conceal FIRST and then maybe think about how to do it safely.
davidmcbeth
Banned
Really, safety is not my #1 priority.
But I would not hand my kid a purse with a loaded gun in it either.:dude:
Maverick9
Regular Member
I can see such a scenario (carrying a loaded but unholstered revolver in a purse).
Mother is threatened by stalker, in a panci, needs to rush out to the store before dark and get baby needs, get home and defend in place, throws her dad's donated old revolver in the handbag and frightened, rushes to store.
Oops. But not totally her fault.
This case was probably more negligence but it happens.
Ladies, keep your carry purse on your shoulder you lazy beyotches!
Mother is threatened by stalker, in a panci, needs to rush out to the store before dark and get baby needs, get home and defend in place, throws her dad's donated old revolver in the handbag and frightened, rushes to store.
Oops. But not totally her fault.
This case was probably more negligence but it happens.
Ladies, keep your carry purse on your shoulder you lazy beyotches!
Shovelhead
Regular Member
Wash DC news station stated she was a CHP holder.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/n.../WalMart-Shooting-Idaho-Hayden-287139471.html
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/n.../WalMart-Shooting-Idaho-Hayden-287139471.html
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WalkingWolf
Regular Member
Permits only give permission, they do not guarantee safe gun handling. She did a dumb thing, could happen to anybody that does not carry responsibly.
FreeInAZ
Regular Member
This why I advise women against purse carry in general. It is way to easy for a pistol in a improper or no holster to get caught up in the rats nest that many women carry for a purse. Disclaimer- there are specific purses deigned to carry a pistol, but what if that cool purse gets snatched by a purse snatcher? The. Crook now has a nice purse to hock & the pistol it contained. 
Sad this happened - we need more women to carry safely. Why? As women go, so does our nation, think about it.
Sad this happened - we need more women to carry safely. Why? As women go, so does our nation, think about it.
Jeff Hayes
Regular Member
I have yet to see anything that says the firearm was not in a holster. Unless I missed something everyone is assuming the pistol was not in a holster. Personally I think there is a lot missing from this story why not wait to pass judgment until we have more info to go on?
Nope, not assuming. Read the link in the OP.
"The boy, who was sitting in the shopping cart, reached into his mother's purse and grabbed her gun, according to sheriff's officials."
My guess is that both her son and her purse were in the shopping cart.
Maverick9
Regular Member
The cops weren't there. The mom had other kids in the store. I don't believe the 2 yo did this. How often have adolescents, screwing around broken a vase and pointed at the baby?
WalkingWolf
Regular Member
They mention video in the news report...
Maverick9
Regular Member
OK, I didn't see that. Still if I were investigating, I'd be withholding judgment and swabbing everyone.