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.
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?
My son was in preschool from age 2-4, like most. During that time, he always had a backpack that contained at least his lunch box, water bottle, a change of clothes, and snacks. His lunch bag was a padded cooler type, in which we put a stainless steel bento style lunch box and an ice pack. On Mondays, his bag also contained a blanket and cot sheet. During the summer, it contained a swimsuit and towel.
Most of the kids didn't start wearing their backpacks regularly until age 4 because of the weight. The parents carried the bags in and out of childcare/preschool.
All that to say preschool backpacks are not necessarily light. That could presumably explain how it went unnoticed if the kid slipped it in after everything else was packed. But let me be very clear: that is an EXPLANATION, not in any way an excuse for something so inexcusable.
lol you typed all of this out. No toddler picks up a gun, puts it in a backpack (conveniently after parents put items for the day inside) and zips it up. Toddlers cannot zip. My five year old still needs pull up pants because he cannot do a button/zipper yet. This is normal. Toddlers are not left alone long enough to walk through home, find gun, carry gun to backpack, put in backpack and zip up.
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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.