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‘The left is happy to use this kid’s death to pass idiotic laws that wouldn’t have prevented this.’

One of the gunniest, dyingest, states in the union generates yet another dad kills son by accident story cuz I dunno he was holding a loaded gun and fuck I dunno…

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It’s quite something to watch local commenters blame dad-on-kid killing on people who want gun control. See my headline? What exactly is the argument here? That if psycho-gun-death states like Utah had stricter gun laws they wouldn’t start having way fewer dad on kid deaths, the way states like Massachusetts — that make it harder to whip out your gun and let fly — do? That controlling some kinds of gun purchase, some kinds of gun purchasers, and some kinds of lethal behavior with guns doesn’t decrease gun deaths?

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[A] 46-year-old man was showing family members a new barrel he had purchased for his Glock handgun...

The gun had a round in the chamber, and it went off while he was showing the gun to members of his family … Additional details on what may have caused the gun to fire remain under investigation.

[T]he man’s 18-year-old son, whose name has not yet been released, was sitting on a couch in the living room with other family members and was shot in the head. The father was standing across from him.

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What caused the gun to fire was dad. Gather round, entire family, and lemme show off my new Glock barrel! Sonny, you just sit right there on the couch and I’ll stand right across from you, with the gun level with your head. [BANG] Whoooooooopsies…..

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Later that same day…

See dat? Cops just threw out the whole “accidental” thing and arrested the – not father; stepfather – for manslaughter. The original story stank to high heaven.

Margaret Soltan, June 18, 2025 1:01PM
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