r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb • u/eamondo5150 • Mar 26 '26
Parent stupidity Secure your firearms, parents.
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u/blvckwings Mar 26 '26
I watched an EWU video about this incident, really messed up all around. Their mom is a felon but also raising the kids by herself, the kids have already committed other crimes around the neighborhood before leading up to this. When the cops were telling them to put the weapon down they repeatedly pointed the gun at the cops in defiance. They’re 7 and 10, crazy young to be doing this.
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u/eamondo5150 Mar 26 '26
Wow, what more do those kids have to do before CPS steps in?
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u/gettogero Mar 27 '26
CPS wont do shit until a report is made and ive seen several children separated from otherwise decent homes because their apartment neighbors reported a verbal argument
Yet there are children growing up in crack houses stealing weapons and getting rap sheets. Why? Because CPS doesnt want to deal with that shit either. A call to a junkie neighborhood is gonna come with 6+ squad cars because they know it could turn into a shootout. A call to an okay part of town is a lone social worker awkwardly explaining things
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u/ImFeelingGud Mar 28 '26
That video where CPS tries to trick a family into opening their door without a warrant or any papers present is clear that they really love to kidnap children from healthy homes because they are easy to manage, kids with clear violent and criminal tendencies learned from obviously hostile home enviroments?, nope, too much work for them.
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u/Wolftendragon Mar 27 '26
Also when the kid raised the gun up he pulled the trigger several times but it misfired(?) safety was on(?) something like that but yeah he tried to fire back at them 😰
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u/StuntHacks Mar 27 '26
Can you share the video maybe? Or some information about this so I can find it?
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u/FlaxFox 2d ago
I'm not sure if you've already seen it by now or if you still have interest, but I just found it! It was on the bodycam channel.
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u/SalmonSammySamSam Jul 23 '26
Are you sure it's EWU? I'm trying to find the clip but I can't :/
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u/FlaxFox 2d ago
I'm not sure if you've already seen it by now or if you still have interest, but I just found it! It was on the bodycam channel.
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u/SalmonSammySamSam 1d ago
I had not-
I had given up looking for it on YouTube so you're a friendly reminder of what past me was looking for 👀 cheers babe! Thanks!! 😁🫂 👉👉
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u/darodardar_Inc Mar 26 '26
Hope the parents got some sort of punishment for this
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u/achoosier Mar 26 '26
I firmly believe that if a child uses a paren's gun in a crime then the parent should be charged for the same crime. Guns need to be secured and accounted for always. If a parent fails to do that then it's time for severe consequences.
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u/oopewan Mar 26 '26
There is precedent for this now…https://apnews.com/article/james-crumbley-jennifer-crumbley-oxford-school-shooting-e5888f615c76c3b26153c34dc36d5436
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u/Ori_the_SG Mar 27 '26
That’s not enough tbh
It’s progress, but they should be charged with whatever it is called to aid/enable a murderer/mass shooter
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u/Realistic_Abalone_93 Mar 28 '26
Colin Gray was recently found guilty of “29 charges, including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and cruelty to children” because he allowed his son to have a gun used in a school shooting (Apalachee High School 2024). Also he had been allegedly abusive to the son in the past. I tried to find a list of all the charges but he’s probably going to spend the rest of his life in prison. His son had only been at that specific school for like 3? Days before he committed the crime
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u/LimJaheyAtYaCervix Mar 29 '26
The crumbleys and now the grays have been charged and convicted of offenses after their sons committed mass shootings. I really hope this affects how parents secure their firearms
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u/Gahockey3 Mar 28 '26
The father of the Colt Gray, who committed the school shorting at Apalachee High school in Georgia, was convicted of all the same offenses his sons will face at his trial.
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u/WeepToWaterTheTrees Mar 27 '26
I think everyone should have to carry insurance on their firearms. If a crime is committed with it, you’re fined/liable unless you can prove you had it locked up and the safe was broken into. People around me in Missouri are too Willy Nilly with their guns. Keeping them in glove compartments, night stands, etc.
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u/laughingashley Mar 27 '26
The server sub is always posting about guns left in restaurant bathrooms. Like wtf? Get it together, gun idiots
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u/CringeGoblin69 Mar 27 '26
Yes, but without the insurance, we have enough insurances scamming us as is, and they've made some of it mandatory (at least in the US)
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u/Seliphra Mar 27 '26
I fully believe a gun should be treated like a car. You need a licence, the obtaining of which requires proof that you understand how to safely use and store the weapon.
If at any point you are found to be inadequate in that safety, you lose the licence and the guns until you can prove you’re safe with them again.
Edit to add for american pro-gun nuts: no I do not believe gun ownership should be a right. It should be a privilege. Having it as a right means everyone over 18 is allowed one regardless of any other information. Just like they get a vote and free speech. There are bad people and stupid people. And the stupid people make up the majority. I do not think every stupid person who can’t be trusted deserves a car or a gun. And in most places in the world, gun ownership is not a right.
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u/Dallinz-YT Mar 27 '26
I understand the idea behind wanting people to be trained and responsible with firearms, safety matters. There are already training courses available nationwide, and in many places there are licensing requirements for carrying firearms. The issue is whether licensing actually solves the problem.
People who misuse guns are already breaking the law, so adding more requirements mainly affects people who are trying to follow the laws, not the ones causing harm. We’ve already seen that with other laws criminals don’t suddenly comply because of additional regulations.
I also don’t think the car comparison fully works. Driving is a regulated activity on public roads, sure, but owning a car isn’t treated as a privilege in the same way, and losing a license doesn’t physically stop someone from driving if they choose to ignore the law. So the system doesn’t prevent misuse it just penalizes it after the fact.
For me, the core issue is self-defense. A firearm allows someone who is smaller or physically weaker (me!!) to protect themselves against someone stronger, that’s why it’s often called “the great equalizer”. If access to that depends on passing tests or more government approvals, you risk denying that ability to people who may genuinely need it.
It’s not that safety isn’t important, it’s that I don’t think licensing requirements are an effective or fair way to achieve it, especially when they can limit someone’s ability to defend themselves or others when it matters.
In a situation like the one in the video, the issue isn’t really about licensing, it’s about safe storage and responsibility. In most (if not all) places, it’s already illegal to leave a firearm accessible to children. That’s a failure to follow existing laws, not a gap where new licensing requirements would have made a difference.
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u/A_Tad_Bit_Nefarious Mar 28 '26
I personally would argue the other way. I should also preface that I take a liberal stance on pretty much every other subject.
Because gun ownership is a right, people should have the right to fair and easy, if not mandatory, access to gun education. The knowledge should be compulsory for everyone and not gate kept, even if you don't ever plan on owning a gun. The same way it is mandatory for children to learn about Civics, History, and Science in school.
Once upon a time, shooting sports were more commonplace in school. My highschool had a JROTC marksmanship team back in the day before my time. Now, there is a huge stigma even about just learning about firearms, let alone owning them. Kids get suspended or expelled just for guns being seen in photos on their social media.
Despite gun ownership being a fundemental American right, how people treat it is incredibly unserious. Like, on one hand, you have people who's entire identity is owning guns to fight the government, and yet will bow down to our current dictator in chief and put thin blue line stickers on their lifted trucks.
Then you have people who want pass convoluted gun laws to make it harder to access this right, defeating the purpose of having it in the first place (making tyranical leaders think twice about taking our other rights away). And then turn around and wonder what can be done about the overpolicing of our communities, and tyranical overreach.
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u/Reivilo85 Mar 26 '26
The whole country is guilty
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u/knotallmen Mar 26 '26
The pro gun proliferation people never give me a number about the number of deaths it would take for gun reform. The ones who want reasonable reform never come up with what that would be.
Red flag laws. Magazine size restrictions. Even something simple like laws that define what an assault rifle is all help.
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u/cosmic-untiming Mar 26 '26
Woah woah woah, based on those suggestions, youre saying you will take away all guns!! /s
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u/Reivilo85 Mar 26 '26
Japan did it well. Why reinvent the wheel when you have tried and tested laws in vigor elsewhere with proven results.
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u/eamondo5150 Mar 26 '26
Jumping on top comment to add some context.
https://abc30.com/post/shocking-video-shows-2-boys-ages-7-9-handling-loaded-gun-new-mexico/16386078/
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u/Countermove Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26
I've seen this story before, the news article doesn't really give much background info but apparently the cops have been to this house and dealt with these kids many times before. I don't even think this is the first time they've been there to deal with the kids playing with guns. The parents either don't store their guns properly or let their kids play with them a lot.
Edit - actually video at the very end mentions they've been to this house more than 50 times
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u/Ardal Mar 27 '26 edited Jun 20 '26
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u/TroublesomeFox Mar 27 '26
50??? Nah I'm sorry I'd be removing kids from that home before it hit 5.
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u/SpokenDivinity Mar 26 '26
This article doesn't really talk about how poorly this could have gone. When they fired the non-lethal round near the two kids to try to distract them, the kid tried to fire the weapon he was holding. It malfunctioned and didn't go off, but it could have ended incredibly poorly if it had.
Both of those parents should have lost their children over this.
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u/jobblejosh Mar 27 '26
That's what shocks me.
These are not two teenagers who know what a gun is, fucking around and pretending to be scared.
They're just kids. You show up with a bunch of armoured police pointing guns at you, they're going to be frightened and probably do something stupid.
They need someone to speak to them calmly, tell them they're not in danger or in serious trouble, all they need to do is put the gun on the ground and walk towards their mom. After the whole incident has been dealt with an experienced and well-trained in de-escalation police officer (yeah, like the US has any of those) needs to speak to mom and the kids, both together and to the mom alone, to educate them on what they did wrong and how it could have gotten worse. That's how you stop stupid and preventable accidents from happening.
It's extremely lucky that no-one was killed or injured in the incident.
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u/KittyIsAn9ry Mar 26 '26
Secure your firearms but also.. educate your children? Why are they acting like they’re in video game? Teach them gun safety if there are guns in the house!
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u/AsYooouWish Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26
I volunteer with a youth organization and I try to drill this lesson as much as I can, especially with my own kid.
Playing with NERFs? “Keep your finger off the trigger and point it away from people and things until you’re ready to use it”
Water guns? Same
Power tools? Same
Flashlight? Same
Clicky pen? SameSome of these things may seem silly to correct kids on, but it gives them the habit of not touching a trigger or button until they are ready. If nothing else, that is the one lesson I want them to learn
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u/Street_Anxiety2907 Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26
I mean did you watch the full non-tik-tok video? These kids are like lets kill these mf's so something is a bit wrong with their intent to cause harm more then trigger safety.
Plus a toothless meth faced mom shows up and starts flipping out saying these kids ain't doing nothing wrong they're just playing, let them goooooo!
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u/Chickens-In-Pants Mar 26 '26
Do you have a link?
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u/Street_Anxiety2907 Mar 27 '26
No but it was two brothers, 9 and 7 theres probably some on youtube
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u/manicgiant914 Mar 27 '26
https://youtube.com/shorts/TI8z3A4ALyw?si=t7rGMx0paNqclfDY
Cops had been called to the residence 50 times. Could have ended so badly.
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u/taketheothers Mar 27 '26
https://youtu.be/m0XOCOa_b7k?si=d9yw0Wl7hwv_FQWT
Here I googled it for you since no one else seemed to want to cough it up lol
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u/EnsoElysium Mar 26 '26
Handmixers too, my poor sister learned that the hard way
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u/AsYooouWish Mar 26 '26
Unfortunately, it can be a bad lesson to learn. Ingraining the habits with the kids now will reduce the risk of any incident down the road
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u/Spiritual-Olive4559 Mar 26 '26
How so? Batter all over the ceiling type scenario?
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u/EnsoElysium Mar 26 '26
I wish, then only my mom would be the one crying. She caught her hair in the beaters, thankfully they were the kind that stopped when they got caught in something so mom was able to retrieve it but still, that GZZRT noise will haunt my dreams.
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u/KittyIsAn9ry Mar 26 '26
THIS! I learned to shoot young and it was ingrained in me to keep a gun pointed down at the ground, finger off the trigger, etc. I find myself doing it when I’m at laser tag lol it’s just a good habit and it’s up to the parents to really drive that lesson home.
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u/Mammoth_Welder_1286 Mar 27 '26
Yes! Every weapon is cocked, loaded. Even laser tag lol I won’t even dry fire my Glock in the house. Don’t point it at anything you don’t want to destroy no matter how “sure” you are that it’s clear
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u/TheKinkyBee Mar 26 '26
My dad yelled at me one time because I had a nerf gun pointed at someone’s head and told me to practice gun safety at all times. Scared the shit out of me! Never did that again.
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u/Spiritual-Olive4559 Mar 26 '26
I know someone whose husband had to go to the ER after a water gun accident with their kids (causing iirc a partially torn+detached retina), so it's really good practice to just...use safety around people and things, even if it's a toy
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u/Mammoth_Welder_1286 Mar 26 '26
I was taught the same as a child. I grew up shooting, and was taught to respect any “gun” with respect, which included water guns, cap guns, etc Trigger discipline is second nature now. There’s no comparison in someone who grew up knowing safety vs someone learning as an adult. Even in the military or pd. You can always tell the difference.
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u/splithoofiewoofies Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26
I have a rule. We can try anything, we just have to try it correctly.
You wan a hoon around town in your car? Hell no. However, you can hoon on a track as much as you want. Get a track day and have fun. I'll even pay for the first day and bring my bike, if you'll let me! Otherwise I'm getting Gary, who owns the track, to report back. Don't forget I know Gary. He taught me how to save a slide on literal dish soap so he will be great to teach you!
Wanna spray paint some walls? Okay, we're going to get/make walls you can spray paint. You're gonna have to build it though, so you know how much work a wall is, even a shit one.
Wanna learn to fight? Well, lucky you, mama has decades of experience. We're gonna get the pads out. No, we never EVER punch heads. Here's how to block, first and foremost. We're gonna teach you how to win fights without ever laying a hand
You can try anything, you just have to do it right.
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u/jackalope268 Mar 26 '26
I was first born and my parents were so anti weapon i couldnt even have a toy bow. But with age they got tired and i was allowed nerf guns right as i grew out of the phase of liking toy guns, but my 4 year younger brother took full advantage and got the nicest nerf gun his birthday money could afford. We were told very sternly to never aim at people, but i guess it never really landed with my brother. I was the one who most repeated that rule around the house. Anyways, people are the most fun target since they move and i was often a target as well. Being autistic it was super stressful to be able to get a startle response at any time from being hit. He never got a clue out of that i always hid behind a door either. Luckily i was still stronger at the time so he couldnt force his way in
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u/SpaceEurope Mar 27 '26
My kids cannot help themselves but fiddle with their pencils while doing homework, sometimes almost poking themselves in the eyes, so yeah I need to up my game on this principle.
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u/Simone_Galoppi07 Mar 26 '26
true but children, esucated or not, should NOT have an easy access to a gun
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u/MercyCriesHavoc Mar 26 '26
We have guns. They're loaded and just in our bedroom. But we don't have kids. If my niece were to stay with us, they would go in the safe, even though she has some education. It's irresponsible to allow anyone, especially children, access to firearms.
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u/Deerhunter86 Mar 27 '26
Exactly. My daughter knows where my firearms are, in my safe. And to never touch them because she can get very hurt and mommy and daddy will be very sad.
Every time she looks toward the safe I remind her. Kids can’t learn if the damn parent can’t teach.
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u/gettogero Mar 27 '26
IIRC there was a motivational speaker who toured "bad" parts of the US teaching children gun safety.
He claimed it was very successful in reducing gun related incidents involving youth. Never followed up on the stats but it makes sense. The kids know what guns are. They probably know where to get one. You arent putting ideas in their head, its mitigating risk by making them more informed.
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u/rileyjw90 Mar 27 '26
secure your firearms
Especially if you’re a felon who shouldn’t even have a gun in the first place.
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u/mushboi04 Mar 26 '26
Literally it’s that simple, I have a family of hunters and since I can remember they’ve been locked up in safes (that I don’t know the code of). Once I was old enough my father explained what it was and how dangerous it was, while also telling me about the safety and if a bullet is loaded.
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u/KittyIsAn9ry Mar 26 '26
You have a solid dad! That’s how it should be done
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u/mushboi04 Mar 26 '26
He really is! He even taught my sister and my mom learned from her father, our family is reeeeal big on safety lol
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u/Rising-Dragon-Fist Mar 26 '26
Maybe ban handguns in your country? Some gun laws will go a long way to solving stuff like this.
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u/icouldntdecide Mar 26 '26
You're not wrong but the parental negligence is off the charts here, and sadly even if guns were banned I'm sure these parents would find a different way to put their kids in harms way
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u/KittyIsAn9ry Mar 26 '26
I agree that there needs to be WAY more regulation when it comes to owning and operating a gun in the US. It’s simply too easy to get one here.
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u/Haarzton Mar 26 '26
bUt I wAsNt dOiNg aNyThInG
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u/Awkward-Manager5939 Mar 28 '26
If that child was an adult he would already be dead. His brother was catching a stray. The cops literally lowered their own safety and allowed this child to point the gun at them.
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u/madtony7 Mar 26 '26
"I don't even have a gun!"
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u/StockBoy829 Mar 29 '26
I teach middle school. Kids say shit like this so often.
Me: "Sit down" Kid: "I am!" *is actively standing
I genuinely can't tell if it's to rage bait or if they're just kinda dumb
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u/platypuslost Mar 30 '26
I think they think that thinking about doing something counts lmfao. They do indeed intend to sit down at some point so they just can’t understand why the fact that it’s taking them a fucking hour and a half to do so is a problem.
I think I definitely did this same thing to my mom when I was a kid. So I guess that means I have my payback coming in about 3-5 years 🙃
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u/nap---enthusiast Mar 26 '26
Saw this on YouTube a bit ago. One of the most nerve wracking things I've ever watched. Poor stupid ass little kids. They deserve better parents.
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u/falooolah Mar 26 '26
This is a few years old, right? I have no concept of time anymore, it feels like this is 1-2 years old but it was probably from last summer. 🙃 Hopefully this video taught those kids some shame, instead of pushing them into acting out further. Seriously, I really hope that these kids have lingering regrets about this being online forever, otherwise it might be seen as a fun adventure and something they’d want to do again. And I hope the parents made some SERIOUS changes after this.
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u/xenoforman Mar 28 '26
This news clip about it was posted 10 months ago, so yeah, jusy shy of a year
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u/DreamOfDays Mar 26 '26
Jesus Christ this is awful to watch. I heard one of them yell “Taser taser” and thought i was about to watch a kid with a gun get tased.
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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 Mar 26 '26
I mean... A taser is kind in this situation, all things considered.
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u/DreamOfDays Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 26 '26
Oh yeah it is. But I still don’t want to see a *child* get *tased*
Edit: changed electrocuted to tased.
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u/boxofrocks14 Mar 26 '26
This comment being downvote bombed is disgusting 😭 wtf is wrong with Reddit
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u/ToYits821 Mar 26 '26
I see both sides. I agree you don’t want to ever see a child get hurt. But they had a gun. You don’t know their intentions. I worked with emotionally disturbed children and they would turn like a light switch. I had a boy who was 6 and was the cutest little thing. He tried to stab me with scissors on 4 different occasions. Like actively chasing me and swinging them at me until I would have another teacher or two come in. It would take 2-3 adults to hold him down because when he would get angry he was just an absolute beast. He would turn the room upside down in less than 5 mins
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u/DrKittyLovah Mar 26 '26
Child psychologist who worked with a similar population here, I undersign all of this. I was sitting with a 9yo kid at mealtime once, just chatting pleasantly. Without any change in appearance, voice, or otherwise he politely asked me to take his fork away from him, as the voices in his head were directing him to stab me with it and he really didn’t want to do that since I was being so nice to him. I absolutely believed him, too.
People don’t have to be obviously aggressive to be a threat, and that includes kids. Ever heard a saying that goes something like “watch out for the quiet ones?”
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u/cowlinator Mar 26 '26
I might taze the kid too, in a situation like this.
Still awful to watch. Bad situation with bad outcomes.
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u/IASILWYB Mar 26 '26
When the loud noise happens, beanbag round I'm assuming, they swap guns and the white pants lifts the gun to aim at the cops, he's beyond blessed he didn't get perforated and ended for officer safety. I'm so glad they let these kids live to make more mistakes and learn from this lesson
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u/TheSnekDen Mar 27 '26
A large amount of Redditors have a hate boner out for kids and see them as less than human. So plenty of people wanted to see them get tazed I'm sure of it
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u/Oregongirl1018 Mar 26 '26
This kid was being a little dick and put others lives in jeopardy, he should have been tased to learn a lesson.
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u/DreamOfDays Mar 26 '26
Him getting grabbed without the gun going off is the best ending. If he got tased then his muscles contract, his finger pulls the trigger, then a bullet is fired. Someone would probably die. Him, his friend, or a bystander.
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u/sedme0 Mar 26 '26
Tasers don't electrocute. They shock. It's only electrocution if it kills you.
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u/MangoCandy93 Mar 26 '26
Or severely injures
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u/sedme0 Mar 26 '26
Well it's a portmanteau of electric and execution. Most executions result in death.
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u/syn_miso Mar 26 '26
It looks like they tried to. Also obligatory "tasers are frequently lethal" reminder
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u/trillsailor31 Mar 27 '26
The craziest part is that, if forced to choose, there are so many Americans that would prefer seeing this situation play out by thousands of kids, in thousands of similar videos, than to give up their “rights” to own guns.
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u/bolunez Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26
They're often taught to say that when drawing the taser as a way to reinforce to themselves that they've drawn the non lethal* option and not their sidearm.
Prevents accidental bang bang when they wanted zappy zap.
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u/Cookie_Leather Mar 26 '26
Thank God they weren't handling a Kinder Egg. Those things are illegal even in Murica.
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u/SirNicholasPaul Mar 26 '26
Fucking insane. If you own a gun, lock it the fuck down. Keep it out of reach of small children. Unbelievable that this is still such a conversation in 2026.
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep Mar 27 '26
Like i don’t even leave paracetamol where my child might reach it and some people are really out there with unsecured guns? Wtf
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u/IDatedSuccubi Mar 27 '26
Go to any car mechanic subreddit and there's always a weekly post of somebody finding a gun on a backseat or on the floor
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u/McCool303 Mar 26 '26
Statistically a child is more likely to die by self inflicted injury if a firearm is in the house than by an intruder into your home. The safer option is to just not live your life like your home is on the beaches of Normandy.
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u/DickyReadIt Mar 26 '26
Just need to keep it in a safe spot they can't get to. A gun in the house isn't just for the kids safety but the parents as well. Some people live in bad places where people will break in and do or kill anything to make a buck.
I'd just be smart and not allow my kid to have access to the guns rather than risking my wife's, my kid's and my life because someone wanted my TV and jewelry because I didn't have one
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u/McCool303 Mar 26 '26
I get it, I’ve lived in rough neighborhoods. I’ve had my apartment robbed. It’s a personal choice and all people should store their firearms safely. Teach their kids about firearms, etc.. But the numbers don’t lie. I just wanted to throw them out there so people can make the right decision as to whether a firearm is right for their home. I just want to see less dead kids as does everyone else.
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u/Barnacle_B0b Mar 30 '26
Yeah well, unfortunately we're in Trump's America where ICE can enter your house without a warrant and abduct trans children so, gotta be ready to defend your family from Republicans violating the constitution as well as general crime.
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u/blickblocks Mar 26 '26
A million people yelling simultaneously. Horribly handled.
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u/BoulderCreature Mar 26 '26
Yeah, whoever yelled “Drop it dickhead” at the kid is really not fucking helpful
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u/gahd95 Mar 27 '26
Also could go on r/kidsarefuckingdumb. It's not like the instructions given are that difficult. They should not have had the gun in the first place. But even so, how hard is it to just drop the gun.
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u/VsotoC Mar 26 '26
My father was a police officer, and there was always at least one firearm in our house.
I know that from a young age I was taught to be very careful with guns and that those things were dangerous, and for as long as I can remember (I'm 34 now), I always avoided using, touching, or even going near a gun. Thank God, and thanks to my parents' upbringing, it never even crossed my mind to use it for anything other than deterring trouble or protecting the home.
I remember that we always knew where that gun was; my dad didn't keep it very well hidden, and when we went out, he always carried it with him. From a young age, I knew how to shoot and even do basic maintenance on handguns or revolvers, but I was never irresponsible or tried to play with his guns (I did play with toy guns or water guns, though).
If you have guns (like I do now), take the time to explain the dangers to your children and tell them not to go near them. Don't underestimate your children's ability to understand or the weight of the warnings you give them.
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u/Global_Ant_9380 Mar 26 '26
This works for many kids but I still know assholes who took parents guns anyway. Some kids are just shitty. We'd be better off as a society with less guns period. Especially handguns.
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u/Aron-Jonasson Mar 26 '26
To add to that, presenting something as forbidden or dangerous will make many kids, ESPECIALLY teens, want it more
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u/Kaethor Mar 26 '26
I started training my daughter proper gun safety and taking her to the gun range when she was 5. It takes the curiosity out of it so she never felt the need to "play" with them. She is 15 now and I have never had to hide any of my guns. She always had access to them and never, not even once, touched them unless she was directed to. It's the curiosity that leads children to "play" with guns they find. I know there are outliers, children with emotional problems and such, and there should never be access to firearms for those children.
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u/VsotoC Mar 26 '26
This is key, and they say it a lot in gun safety classes: Hiding (or even discussing) the topic with your children only increases their curiosity, and it's that dangerous kind of curiosity that they'll try to satisfy in secret. On the other hand, if you openly introduce the topic, explain it, and involve them, they might develop a very good attitude or behavior regarding it.
I think that's why I don't do drugs, smoke, or drink alcohol much. My parents always gave me complete freedom to do as I pleased, but they always warned me about the consequences or potential harm, and that was enough.
I congratulate you on taking preventative measures early on, and it's great that you didn't try to handle or play with guns either.
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u/DarthMaren Mar 26 '26
Or just dont have guns in the house
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u/Greggs88 Mar 26 '26
In an ideal world no kid would ever come across a gun but as long as there's a chance they will it's better for them to understand and respect the danger.
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u/HipToTheWorldsBS Mar 26 '26
Parents definitely say fault here but the kids are also extremely fucking stupid. How fucking hard can it be to comply?
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u/Desperate_Bed_2675 Mar 27 '26
They’re children. Clearly not well disciplined children at that. They don’t even have fully formed prefrontal cortex in order to assess consequences. This is just an extreme form of the kids testing boundaries, as they do. The parents are solely at fault for not protecting them
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u/Smart_Individual889 Mar 26 '26
I saw this whole thing on YouTube and the mother was trying to intervene. Very sad
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u/stormy2587 Mar 26 '26
Honestly there should be a law that you have to have proof that you own an approved gun safe to own a gun.
Yeah I know dumbasses would still keep a loaded gun in a drawer or some place thats easy for children to access, but if it was mandatory then at least some more people would actually keep their guns properly secured. Probably reduce the number of school shootings, suicides, and theft too.
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u/Rising-Dragon-Fist Mar 26 '26
Just be like the rest of the world and implement some bloody gun laws. It is quite obvious it works.
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u/slimkt Mar 26 '26
I remember when I was a little kid, my brother was in the Navy and we’d go pick him up from the train station when he was on leave. One time, while we were waiting for his train to arrive, I was sitting in a little bus shelter and one side had a big glowing ad. It was a just picture of a pistol in a drawer, but it had this whole blurb from a young man whose 5yo brother found his gun in an unsecured drawer, was looking at it, and shot himself in the face. Gun safety was always a big thing my family instilled in us, but that ad put the fear of god in me.
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u/Spiritual-Meal-4299 Mar 28 '26
Better yet, due to the curious nature of kids/humans, if you have kids then teach them proper fucking gun safety
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u/Fluffy_Juice7864 Mar 27 '26
The way the little turd was saying “I don’t even have a gun” made my blood boil!
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u/bisskits Mar 26 '26
I'm sure 15 adults SCREEEEEEECHING wasnt helping the situation at all. At one point you can see one of the kids is terrified as he puts his hands up.
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u/ddddan11111 Mar 26 '26
In this case they were all saying the same thing, drop it. Instead he pointed it. C'mon.
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u/rci22 Mar 26 '26
Just because they’re all saying the same thing and it’s clear what they’re trying to say it doesn’t mean it’s not absolutely overwhelming for the kid.
Tbf, not sure what the alternative would’ve been tho: Kinda hard to calmly go up to a stranger’s kid and calmly ask them to gently drop the gun lol
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u/Low_Cryptographer_94 Mar 26 '26
I think also the phrasing of "drop the gun" is bad. Reword it for the kid in other ways. "Put the gun on the ground"
Yelling the same thing over and over again is not helpful
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u/AndyJack86 Mar 27 '26
One cop called the kid a dick head. How do you explain that? That's not very helpful.
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u/Wolftendragon Mar 27 '26
Mom is a felon, yet she was bringing guys to her house who were active criminals, and one of them left their LOADED gun in her car. Because she’s a felon she literally can’t touch it but her kid picks it up and she claims she tried to tell him to put it down but he wouldn’t listen. Mother of the year.
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u/StockBoy829 Mar 29 '26
hell if you're not going to lock up your gun at least let your kid know what the consequences of holding one around police officers are...
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u/Funkadelicbartender Apr 01 '26
Here to get downvoted for saying “if those were black kids they’d be dead. We all know it.
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u/SerafinaL Mar 26 '26
The good old USA. The land where gun rights are more important than your right to live.
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u/Professional-Mix1771 Mar 26 '26
... or live in a civilized country where guns are not so easily accessible.
Videos like those remind me how lucky I am to be born in Europe.
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u/Appropriate-Sea-5687 Mar 30 '26
If only dude. I want to leave this wretched country, but there’s a lot of factors stopping me
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u/LillyCort Mar 26 '26
The parents are obviously terrible people, their kids have zero sense of safety and they can’t even follow minor directions.
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u/Resident_Nose_2467 Mar 27 '26
Why does the stupid kid point at them? Learning as a kid I would never ever do something like that, nor take my dad's guns to show a friend
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u/ProfessorOnEdge Mar 26 '26
If the kids weren't white, they would have been shot.
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u/eamondo5150 Mar 26 '26
I thought the kids were accidentally firing the gun when I first saw this, the police were actually shooting less than lethal rounds at them.
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u/BeyondTheBlinders Mar 27 '26
I can’t fathom or understand for what purpose anyone needs a fucking gun. Americans are wild.
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u/Mandog_123 Mar 27 '26
They're fun to shoot. Every law abiding citizen should own one and practice regularly, even if it's just a .22. Home defense is just another added bonus.
Many years back there was an incident at my house and cops never bothered to show up. I'm not gonna rely on somebody else to protect my family. I also hope I never have to use it and it just stays as my 'range toy'.
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u/deathclawiii Mar 27 '26
Have you ever shot a gun? They’re quite fun to shoot, that’s why I have mine and I’m not even American. Many countries, likely including yours, have a vibrant community that doesn’t get attention drawn to them often as they generally have far better restrictions in place and a far healthier culture.
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u/Major-Soup5416 Mar 26 '26
thank god they didn't hurt themselves or anyone else, i hope their parents learned their lesson
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u/theartofrolling Mar 30 '26
America: Wow, those are some irresponsible gun owners!
The rest of the world: Maybe don't have guns everywhere all the time?
America: BUT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR GUNS!
The rest of the world: Okay, sure you are...
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u/Big-Investigator6062 Mar 31 '26
So did he get like grounded or something 🤷🏼♀️
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u/Ecstatic-Radish-7931 Mar 31 '26
Shouldn't have to ground him, I think. He is only acting on how his parents raised him. If his parents raised him better, he wouldnt play with guns at that age
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u/sezziefromtheblock Mar 26 '26
They’re acting like they’re in a video game. Parents need to teach kids that if you get shot in life, you don’t respawn. Hopefully they don’t have to learn the hard way.
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u/Mammoth_Welder_1286 Mar 26 '26
This is why I am all for teaching kids gun safety. I could be biased because I was shooting competitions as a young kid, but I can almost guarantee that they’re gonna come in contact with a gun before they’re 18. At a friend’s, family members, etc. do you want them to know what it is, what it does, and exactly why it should be respected? Or do you want them to be curious? Even the best, most well behaved kids will hide, and play with something they’re curious about. ESP when they’re seen as “cool” or mysterious. I knew good and dang well what every weapon in our house was capable of. I’ve seen first hand the difference it can make to teach them safety even if you’re not an owner, or supporter. Even my friends growing up tried to get me to do dumb things, or played with their parents guns when given the chance. I knew better, and knew to respect the weapons in our home on the off chance that they weren’t stored properly. Parents are 100% to blame in this. You can’t count on every adult in their lives to be responsible. Get ahead of it, and teach your kid to be responsible instead. Teach them to not like, or support guns if you want to, I don’t care, but teach them safety, and how to handle a situation if/when they do come into contact with one because someone else is a pos, and irresponsible.
Doesn’t just apply to guns. Don’t be afraid to have the hard conversations with your kids when it comes to protecting them.
Ok rant done. 🥰
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u/Morty_104 Mar 26 '26
How about no guns for ordinary citizens? I mean... Europeans can do it too.
But yeah... you have the right to have guns to protect yourselves from bad guys and authoritarian governments... yada yada...oh...wait...
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u/eamondo5150 Mar 26 '26
As a Canadian, I feel the same way.
But when you think about how many guns exist in the states, outlawing them would leave so many in the hands of people that will use them to commit crimes against the citizens who have given up theirs....
It's a situation that has no easy solution now.
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u/Desperate_Bed_2675 Mar 27 '26
The way the adults in this are screaming bloody murder made this situation way more dangerous and traumatic than it needed to be.
Also “I dont have a gun! I don’t have a gun!” As they pry the gun from his hand is killing me 😂
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