Every couple of weeks we hear about another toddler pulling a gun on his folks. I think these stories are made up. No 2 or 3 year old has the strength to pull a trigger.
The normal pull for pistols can be anywhere from 6-13 pounds. Most of them are extremely hard to pull if you don't cock them. I find it hard to believe that a 2 or 3 year old has the strength to pull a trigger when they barely have the strength to pick the thing up.
This is a tactic being used by the media to scare the crap out of the public by constantly publishing these stupid stories about babies in diapers shooting their parents. Here's the latest one:
That is true as is the like fact it was a Glock. Any other hand gun has a safety and has a trigger force that is more than a 3 year old can pull.
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The normal pull for pistols can be anywhere from 6-13 pounds. Most of them are extremely hard to pull if you don't cock them. I find it hard to believe that a 2 or 3 year old has the strength to pull a trigger when they barely have the strength to pick the thing up.
This is a tactic being used by the media to scare the crap out of the public by constantly publishing these stupid stories about babies in diapers shooting their parents. Here's the latest one:
Toddler wounds both parents with 1 shot from handgun
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A 3-year-old boy found a handgun in his mother's purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents at an Albuquerque motel on Saturday, police said.
According to investigators, the toddler apparently reached for an iPod but found the loaded weapon. Police believe the shooting to be accidental.
The bullet first struck his father in the buttock and then hit the right shoulder of his mother, who is eight months pregnant, police said. His 2-year-old sister was present but unhurt.
Both injuries are non-life threatening, authorities said.
Justin Reynolds told KOB-TV (Father shot by 3-year-old son All of a sudden we heard a gun go off KOB.com) that he and his girlfriend, Monique Villescas, were getting ready to order pizza when the toddler fired the shot.
"It was like if I was to get up shake your hand and sat back down. That's how fast it happened," Reynolds said." All of a sudden we heard a gun go off and the next minute I realized my girlfriend was bleeding. Then, I sat down and realized I was shot, too."
Reynolds said he called 911 and grabbed some towels to try to stop her bleeding.
"I was more worried about my girlfriend than myself and anything else that was going on. And my son because I didn't know if he had shot himself or not," said Reynolds. "He was shocked and crying. It was traumatizing."
Jonathan Hutson, a spokesman for the Washington-based Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said the shooting should serve as a reminder to all parents to keep guns locked away securely.
Toddler wounds both parents with 1 shot from handgun - New York News
David Arbogast · Top Commenter · Computer Manager at University of Michigan Medical CenterALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A 3-year-old boy found a handgun in his mother's purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents at an Albuquerque motel on Saturday, police said.
According to investigators, the toddler apparently reached for an iPod but found the loaded weapon. Police believe the shooting to be accidental.
The bullet first struck his father in the buttock and then hit the right shoulder of his mother, who is eight months pregnant, police said. His 2-year-old sister was present but unhurt.
Both injuries are non-life threatening, authorities said.
Justin Reynolds told KOB-TV (Father shot by 3-year-old son All of a sudden we heard a gun go off KOB.com) that he and his girlfriend, Monique Villescas, were getting ready to order pizza when the toddler fired the shot.
"It was like if I was to get up shake your hand and sat back down. That's how fast it happened," Reynolds said." All of a sudden we heard a gun go off and the next minute I realized my girlfriend was bleeding. Then, I sat down and realized I was shot, too."
Reynolds said he called 911 and grabbed some towels to try to stop her bleeding.
"I was more worried about my girlfriend than myself and anything else that was going on. And my son because I didn't know if he had shot himself or not," said Reynolds. "He was shocked and crying. It was traumatizing."
Jonathan Hutson, a spokesman for the Washington-based Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said the shooting should serve as a reminder to all parents to keep guns locked away securely.
Toddler wounds both parents with 1 shot from handgun - New York News
That is true as is the like fact it was a Glock. Any other hand gun has a safety and has a trigger force that is more than a 3 year old can pull.
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