She simply needed to make the right choices, and she didn't. All the second-guessing in the world won't change that.
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That she was responsible for.It was a freak accident.
That means she was irresponsible. Luckily the child didnt shoot itself.She simply needed to make the right choices, and she didn't. All the second-guessing in the world won't change that.
The child was 2 years old.
The woman likely had her gun in her purse since the child's birth and may even have THOUGHT she done a very good job (so far) of teaching her child to leave her purse alone.
The child may have shown no prior signs of digging in his mother's purse.
The mother may have actually believed that she was doing a good job of teaching her son to keep his hands to himself and to leave things (including guns) alone.
I'm sure that my parents and grandparents thought the same as I was growing up with full access to guns for my whole life too.
Clearly, we don;t know or have all the details but we can assume that she probably didn't want to be shot - that she probably didn't want her child playing with her gun, etc.
From that, we can safely assume that she thought the gun was safely secured in her purse and she thought wrong.
In my view, that was a tragic mistake. . . but in that context it is not completely "irresponsible."
In my view, an error in judgement is not always an irresponsible act.
It was an accident. No one is responsible.(Reuters) - A woman was accidentally shot and killed at a Walmart store in northern Idaho on Tuesday when her 2-year-old son pulled a loaded handgun from her purse that then went off, a county sheriff said.
The 29-year-old woman was shopping at a Walmart in Hayden, Idaho, with the toddler seated in her shopping cart when the incident occurred, Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger said in a written statement.
Who (if anyone) is responsible for this poor woman's death?
They were in a store when it happened. Where's the surveillance camera footage? Something about this story does not add up.Did the gun even have a safety?
(Reuters) - A woman was accidentally shot and killed at a Walmart store in northern Idaho on Tuesday when her 2-year-old son pulled a loaded handgun from her purse that then went off, a county sheriff said.
The 29-year-old woman was shopping at a Walmart in Hayden, Idaho, with the toddler seated in her shopping cart when the incident occurred, Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger said in a written statement.
Who (if anyone) is responsible for this poor woman's death?
This accident wouldn't have happened if this woman was responsible with here weapon.A
It was an accident. No one is responsible.(Reuters) - A woman was accidentally shot and killed at a Walmart store in northern Idaho on Tuesday when her 2-year-old son pulled a loaded handgun from her purse that then went off, a county sheriff said.
The 29-year-old woman was shopping at a Walmart in Hayden, Idaho, with the toddler seated in her shopping cart when the incident occurred, Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger said in a written statement.
Who (if anyone) is responsible for this poor woman's death?
This accident wouldn't have happened if this woman was responsible with here weapon.A
It was an accident. No one is responsible.(Reuters) - A woman was accidentally shot and killed at a Walmart store in northern Idaho on Tuesday when her 2-year-old son pulled a loaded handgun from her purse that then went off, a county sheriff said.
The 29-year-old woman was shopping at a Walmart in Hayden, Idaho, with the toddler seated in her shopping cart when the incident occurred, Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger said in a written statement.
Who (if anyone) is responsible for this poor woman's death?
Kinda think something is being made out of nothing. Overall it was an accident. We all know the definition of that.
Whomever made a loaded gun accessable to the two year old.(Reuters) - A woman was accidentally shot and killed at a Walmart store in northern Idaho on Tuesday when her 2-year-old son pulled a loaded handgun from her purse that then went off, a county sheriff said.
The 29-year-old woman was shopping at a Walmart in Hayden, Idaho, with the toddler seated in her shopping cart when the incident occurred, Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger said in a written statement.
Who (if anyone) is responsible for this poor woman's death?
She simply needed to make the right choices, and she didn't. All the second-guessing in the world won't change that.
Kinda think something is being made out of nothing. Overall it was an accident. We all know the definition of that.
It was a preventable accident. Careless drivers face charges when they injure or kill someone. What if her carelessness cost another (not herself) his life. The 2 year old is blameless, but if he'd shot and killed someone else's child, would the mother not be responsible?
Kinda think something is being made out of nothing. Overall it was an accident. We all know the definition of that.
It was a preventable accident. Careless drivers face charges when they injure or kill someone. What if her carelessness cost another (not herself) his life. The 2 year old is blameless, but if he'd shot and killed someone else's child, would the mother not be responsible?
Kinda think something is being made out of nothing. Overall it was an accident. We all know the definition of that.
It was a preventable accident. Careless drivers face charges when they injure or kill someone. What if her carelessness cost another (not herself) his life. The 2 year old is blameless, but if he'd shot and killed someone else's child, would the mother not be responsible?
Of course it was preventable. I personally would never carry a gun in my purse that way, even with no child. But, it still was an accident. A very sad and tragic one.
Yes, I think the mother would most likely be held responsible if the child had shot someone else.
The mother was negligent. She put her gun in a position to be taken and used by a toddler. She bears responsibility.
she was negligent. the consequences of her actions were foreseeable and preventable with prudent care. it would not be difficult to get a jury to agree to that at all.The mother was negligent. She put her gun in a position to be taken and used by a toddler. She bears responsibility.
Negligent is a legal term.
Declaring her negligent would be very difficult to get a jury to go along with. It is certainly possible.
she was negligent. the consequences of her actions were foreseeable and preventable with prudent care. it would not be difficult to get a jury to agree to that at all.The mother was negligent. She put her gun in a position to be taken and used by a toddler. She bears responsibility.
Negligent is a legal term.
Declaring her negligent would be very difficult to get a jury to go along with. It is certainly possible.