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In reply to the discussion: Authorities: 4-year-old picks up Tenn. deputy's gun from a bed, fatally shoots officer's wife [View all]wordpix
(18,652 posts)The deputy had to move the gun out of the way to get a rifle he wanted to show to a family member, so he puts the (loaded) gun on a bed and a 4 y.o. (apparently not the deputy's kid) just runs into the bedrm and grabs the gun without the deputy or his wife seeing this/knowing? WTF? If I moved a loaded gun onto a bed with kids running around the house, I would be watching it like a hawk, but this deputy and his wife are so oblivious as to not even notice when a small kid runs into the bedroom and grabs it.
Call me suspicious but this story smells.
Another thing: if the kid is not the deputy's and dead wife's child, it is doubtful any kid would run into an unfamiliar bedroom and grab ANYthing off a bed. Most kids have a certain degree of natural shyness when they're not in their own space.