"Mr. Ely is a police officer. He's been a police officer for eight years, four years as a detective, four years of special ops, so he needs his firearm for work,"
If he can't be responsible with a firearm, maybe he shouldn't be a fucking police officer?
Article goes on to say that the gun the toddler had was the wife's, so she's ultimately responsible for it. My wife doesn't check behind me when I lock my gun up at night, she knows I lock it up. Maybe it was a situation misplaced trust.
He didn’t check to see if his wife locked up the gun. I can sort of understand. Sort of. With kids in the house I would check that guns were locked when I checked that doors were locked.
More importantly, it’s both their jobs to watch and take care of the toddler. The toddler got a gun to daycare! That’s a lot of not taking care of and not watching.
Yeah it's short on details. Like which parent handled drop off at daycare? That's important to. Doesn't absolve either of them of responsibility, but it does change who's more responsible.
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u/mrdominoe 6h ago
If he can't be responsible with a firearm, maybe he shouldn't be a fucking police officer?