Someone REALLY need to stop that toddler.
this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2023
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We need the good toddlers with guns.
The only thing that can stop a bad toddler with a gun is a good toddler with a gun.
Or a pitbull
With a gun
There should be a law to prevent the sale to toddlers if they don't pass a mental health test.
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED
So the toddler is part of a militia?
Infant-ry
Take my updoot and get the hell out of here
Edit: side note: the two actually have the same etymological root, the Latin infans meaning "infant". It were the Spanish that somehow turned infante (originally just "youth") into "foot soldier"
Also, fun fact, infans comes from in- (negative prefix) + fari (to speak); "one that does not speak".
Omg... Thank you. It is so hard finding someone who can read.
Cadet program
I have a toddler, I totally can see them discharing a firearm. It's not shocking on deadeye Janet, it's shocking on the now dead parent who didn't safely store their firearms.
Unfortunately they often kill siblings (not that the death of parents wasn't unfortunate, but at least they have some culpability).
Yeah that surprises me less given a parent seeing a child waive a firearm would be very nervous, same as I'd be if my kid was wielding a paring knife or the big knife with her sibling or cousin.
Surely this can’t be accurate…right?
Shockingly, it is accurate as long as you consider age 3 and under a toddler. I also don’t think they’re literally tracking it by day but rather just more than 52/year. No matter the pedantic concerns, the deaths from guns in the US is sickening.
The evidence for this article was even investigated by Snopes and found to be true. They framed it as “more toddlers kill in the US than foreign terrorists.” This was all from 2015/2016. And it’s only gotten worse since then. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/toddlers-killed-americans-terrorists/
Gun deaths in the US are astronomical. In 2021, 184 deaths by guns from children 5 and under. More than 3 per week. From kids under 5 alone. This is a good read about gun violence in US children overall: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/06/gun-deaths-among-us-kids-rose-50-percent-in-two-years/
Damn near 50,000 US gun deaths overall in 2021. That is more than 130 people PER DAY. Just utterly depressing. And leaders still fail to bring about any significant change. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
Clearly the answer is to arm lots of untrained civilians.
How am I supposed to be expected to defend myself from these killer toddlers if I'm unable to carry my AR into the Piggly Wiggly?
The only way to stop a bad toddler with a gun is a good toddler with a gun!
Toddlers kill more than foreign terrorists
I KNEW there was a reason to support abortion!
Now if you don't mind me I'm going to go push pregnant women down the stairs to do my part for this country 🇺🇲
Well when the leaders see things like this and their go to is to yell about "assault rifles" and then provide unlimited funding for military contractors who are the people who build "assault rifles" it's not really a surprise that the problem continues. If a congress person mentions "assault weapons" they should never be voted for again, because they clearly do not understand the problem.
Here's the article: https://metro.co.uk/2017/01/04/a-toddler-has-now-shot-someone-every-week-for-two-solid-years-in-america-6360264/
Edit: yes, the headline is misleading. The article only claimed there had been at least as many toddler shootings as weeks for two consecutive years.
Well there was just a toddler that shot themselves a week ago in Lansing, MI https://www.wilx.com/2023/10/26/lansing-2-year-old-dies-after-shooting-himself/
No I don't think they are. They lack the strength to aim properly and they can't take the recoil. But at close range? It's enough for sure.
Accurate enough that someone dies or maybe we don't hear about the times they discharge the weapon into the ceiling?
no let him cook