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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Yet again we see that for country that is insanely in love with guns, they have no idea how to handle guns safely.

I will recap the basics of gun safety for the folks in the back:

  1. Don't pick up a gun unless you are going to use it and know how to use it safely.

  2. The gun is loaded, on a hair trigger and the safety is off.

  3. Do not point the gun at anything you don't intend to kill or destroy.

  4. Finger out of the trigger guard.

  5. THE GUN IS FUCKING LOADED.

[–] sureshot0@discuss.online 12 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah that's how you know he killed her on purpose

It's so strange to me, the people that the public will hold accountable and the people who get a pass

Sometimes if I'm facing the wrong way in line at the grocery store or if I get randomly distracted by something, an old person or a woman will accost me, literally screaming and crying, complete with snot bubbles, because I've made some kind of basic and understandable error. I pressed the wrong button, I didn't see someone in line so I cut in front of them, I forgot to hold the elevator door.

This guy shoots his daughter and people are saying ridiculous shit, assuming that he's stupid or assuming that he's going to snap out of it one day. He can't just be a murderer. People are frothing at the mouth to make excuses for people like this.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

To them, they didn't so much "kill" her, they "cured her terminal TDS".

What's really scary is that I'm sure that this "father" isn't the only one who thinks this way. I worry that there's a lot of other "fathers" that would hurt their own flesh and blood because they differ politically. This is the reach of that child-fuckers cult.

Edit to add, from the article:

Although a jury declined to indict Kris and he faced no charges in relation to his daughter's death

Well there it is. White dude in Texas shoots his daughter over TDS, and a"Jury of his peers" looks the other way.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Well that and the Father saying he wouldn't feel bad if something terrible happened to her because he has two better behaved daughters.

[–] sureshot0@discuss.online 2 points 10 hours ago

Unfortunately I've heard statements like this before.

[–] durably465@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

Beware of the R word.

Why not 'regulate'? Ah yes freedom.

[–] RhondaSandTits 31 points 15 hours ago

Oscar Pistorius was charged and convicted.

This case exposes USA as a bigger shit-hole than fucking South Africa. That is really saying something!

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is the father even a citizen?

Hello ICE, I think I found one of those illegals 😏

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago

A dangerous criminal too, the kind they promised they'd go after

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 75 points 1 day ago (5 children)

"As I lifted the gun to show her I suddenly heard a loud bang," Kris allegedly said. "I did not understand what had happened. Lucy immediately fell." WTF!!! It proves he pointed the gun at his daughter, which is a big fucking NO NO! Worse yet, the damn thing was locked and loaded. Fuck him, charge him with murder.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Nevermind that's all emotional BS.

He did it intentionally not on accident. They're trusting the murderer in the m urder case.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 14 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Where I live, in Europe, you CAN own firearms. Long guns pretty easily, as they are considered hunting/sporting guns, including semi-auto assault rifles, albeit, with 3 round magazines. Buying or even 3D printing larger ones is trivial, but it's a felony to have one near the gun (same range/car/house...).

Long gun licenses require a medical, which includes a basic psych eval.

Handguns require a stricter medical, with a more detailed psych eval, and a course which includes gun safety, and legislation, among other things.

Except for some rare exceptions (jewelers, judges, and other people that can objectively be considered a target for assault or retaliation) you cannot carry, open or otherwise, except to go to a range, or hunting ground, and the gun and munitions must be separated; guns in a case in the trunk, with the magazine and munitions in the front of the car.

I don't get why there isn't a reasonable license for guns in the US. There is for cars, no?

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 points 9 hours ago

"reasonable license for cars" lol no. I mean we need a license to drive, but it's so stupidly easy in so many places and you can fail so many times and still get it. We basically test if the person has a pulse before letting them drive. And based on the driving changes I've seen since covid I'm thinking even the pulse has become optional

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] motruck@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Why have I never seen this before. What a great homonym.

[–] ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

From 1999. Not considered a "classic" ST album but still shreds hard.

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 day ago

There's no excuse for it to not be murder, but the fact its not even manslaughter is a message.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is just an excuse, dude murdered his daughter and is trying to blame it on the gun. Guns don't load themselves, and they don't magically go off...

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago

Texas is a shithole.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 107 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Okay, but, even ruled an accident, why is this guy not up for manslaughter charges? Do I grossly misunderstand what manslaughter is?

This is definitely some smoking gun tier bullshit, but even given every benefit of the doubt in the world, the negligence has to be criminal.

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[–] swicano@programming.dev 283 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Ahhh, so "Honor killings" are now acceptable in the US.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

Lawless shithole country.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Guns have more rights than women in this country.

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[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 45 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Well, at least all the Texan children of MAGAts know they can "accidentally" kill their piece of shit Trumpanzee parents without going to prison now there is a precedent.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That would only hold if the law were consistent. This very obviously only goes this single direction.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

"I was talking with my Dad about how I was planning to vote for Trump after seeing all the good he was doing for this country. He was so excited he handed me a firearm, as is tradition in our family, but he failed to inform me it was loaded and it tragically went off. Since we don't let liberals handle guns in this household, Dad never taught me proper gun handling. Now that I'm a future and forever Trump voter though, I'm sure this won't happen again."

Checkmate, Sheriff.

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