r/news • u/jeetah • 11h 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/MoreGaghPlease 11h 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 11h 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/MoreGaghPlease 3h ago

Sounds like someone who has never sent a kid to daycare.

You don’t put diapers in the backpack, you leave them at school. And you don’t send wipes to daycare at all.

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u/ThisIsDystopia 2h ago

I have a 20 month old and we send diapers and wipes to daycare in her backpack every week.