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[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Toddlers murder a wild number of people.

This is exactly a toddler with a gun.

Edit for numbers:

Some might assume that toddlers and young children may not be strong enough to pull a trigger, but that is not the case, experts said. At least 895 children aged 5 and under have managed to find a gun and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else from 2015 to 2022, according to Everytown.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/children-fire-guns-toddlers-unintentional-shootings/

Remember, children cannot purchase guns in the USA. Many also lack the hand strength to fire.

I apologize for the source.

[-] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 hour ago

I actually know someone this happened to. Dad came home and midway through changing got a call from his father in law and went to go help him, leaving his concealed carry weapon on the nightstand. Toddler son got a hold of it and killed himself. On the day before his slightly older sister's birthday.

Kid was buried on the property, within sight of the front porch. Mom demanded that and then couldn't handle being there so they moved in with her folks for the next couple of years, and their living room was practically a shrine to the kid.

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