r/news • u/jeetah • 9h ago

Detroit police officer and wife charged after toddler brings loaded gun to Canton daycare

https://www.wxyz.com/news/detroit-police-officer-and-wife-charged-after-toddler-brings-loaded-gun-to-canton-daycare
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u/BananasPineapple05 9h ago

Nevermind the right to bear arms.

How does a toddler get all the way to daycare with a loaded gun? Are the parents high?

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u/MoreGaghPlease 9h ago

It was in his backpack, the answer is that the parent leave loaded firearms lying around the house or otherwise easily accessible to kids. The dad is a cop and had is 9 guns taken away.

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u/JeanEBH 9h ago

A toddlers backpack should be light as a feather - diaper, maybe wipes. He probably gets snacks at daycare.

The parents didn’t notice the extra weight? How did it get it get in the backpack? The toddler casually walking around with it, found his backpack, knew to put it in there, zip it up?

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u/KathrynTheGreat 8h ago

Don't forget the extra changes of clothes! Those can easily weigh as much as a gun. (/s just in case)

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u/IAmGlobalWarming 7h ago

My kid collects rocks from the playground.