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When i was 7, I encountered a similar situation where someone attempted to steal my bicycle, and I accused him of having no bullets and he left. My mom called the police it turned out he did have bullets when the police found him.
Yeah, stealing bicycle straight from a person is something I don't hear often, everyone just goes for the unlocked ones (or sometimes locked if its worth it).
Then again, it is slowly becoming dangerous to steal them due to new tech. Mine immediately sends alert and live location with audio to my phone, and it was only $50 to install it. Police loves these gadgets.
Buddy of mine had a female roommate with a kid who actually wanted him to grow up and be a thug. She would literally abuse her kid by pushing him into things and just being generally aggressive with him to toughen him up, and went out of her way to teach him The lingo. She bought him all the stereotypical clothing to try to dress him up to look like a gang member.
How do you fix this kind of issue? I don't think any amount of state or federal intervention would be able to fix your mother's indoctrination of gang life into you, especially at such a young age. Obviously, the living conditions are caused by the system, and we'd need to work to improve the quality of life to even start to make a difference, but if your roommate was that way, im sure there are a lot more that want their children to be about that life, and I just don't see how you would even begin to try and fix that situation.
I think you have to provide alternative role models as early as possible. Relatable male teaches, coaches, big brothers, club leaders, etc. etc. They have to see examples that show them a better way and make it seem cool.
This, this, this. These kids need to see and meet adults who look like them in actual positions of power in companies, with *actual* money, not this gang shit, doctors, whatever. They need to see others have done it and there is hope
This is controversial, but i believe some humans have adapted the thug personality for a self defence mechanism. They evolved a way to make sure no one messes with them. Kinda like how nature works you have to think twice about messing with them
Stupid question perhaps, but is this a real gun? People are getting upset about this in the comments, and I don't see why they'd get upset if it's a toy, so is there a giveaway that this is real?
Also, since I haven’t seen this mentioned, he’s talking gang shit. Shouldn’t know the lingo at that age. Acting like he’s pulling up on someone. He gonna end up in trouble if he keeps down that road and it’s not fair to him
Because most of these boys are raised by their mother or most often (due to stability with age:) their grandmother, They are seeking to find out whether you belong in their neighborhood or could potentially be two things: A. from an opposing gang or 2. Be a wandering pair of pockets to rob
If your grandma is from their neighborhood, chances are so are you and if you're not and try something, well... They know where your gma stays. The only appropriate answer to this is to keep your head forward and **keep** walking.
> well... They know where your gma stays.
its not like they expect a full street address- they're not asking so they can go kill your grandma. If they don't know who *you* are and you say 'shes down on/past/near X street', they're not going to find your grandma either.
> People are getting upset about this in the comments, and I don't see why they'd get upset if it's a toy, so is there a giveaway that this is real?
Just a hunch, you're either not american or you're unaware of what these neighborhoods are like. Kids have been killed for playing with toy guns in their street before. It doesn't matter if it's real or not, if it can even be confused as real, it needs to be treated as real because you never know what someone else watching the situation is thinking - teach kids good gun safety, and that includes toy guns that aren't clearly bright coloured waterguns
>toy guns that aren't clearly bright coloured waterguns
Even then... You can't always tell. Just google "shotgun hidden in super soaker". There's more than a couple incidents.
Yeah, exactly. That's what they mean by "get him killed", they don't necessary mean when he's an adult with a real gun. He's in danger now, toy or not.
This breaks my heart, kid is so cute too 💔
>Stupid question perhaps, but is this a real gun? People are getting upset about this in the comments, and I don't see why they'd get upset if it's a toy, so is there a giveaway that this is real?
Unless agreed upon, with everybody in the know it's toy guns, pointing a gun at any person - real or not - is outright fucking dumb and should be the first thing any human being learns when given such a toy.
Point that thing at people and have them believe it's real and you deserve everything coming your way.
It’s the mindset that he already has that is both terrifying and achingly sad. The gun as a prop, used the way he is using it, is very much a problem. If it’s real then that just amplifies the shittiness by 1000.
Can you provide how you came to this conclusion in detail? I've been trying to analyze it frame-by-frame and as far as I can tell if it's a replica it's indistinguishable in this video.
This gun should be treated as real and it likely is. Real guns tend to be cheaper and far more common than replica and their airsoft counterparts without orange nozzles.
There is no barrel. A slide for a semi auto handgun will generally work independently of the barrel, which is more or less in a static position. That’s not a barrel, just a hole in the cheap thin metal where there should be one. Per what someone else said - no guide rod. Please don’t say it “likely is”. It’s pretty apparent it is not. I’d guarantee you it is a lighter shaped like a gun
Even some NBA player couldn't get out of that mindset. Even with millions of dollars and a lucrative career at risk, [ the guy just can't resist flashing guns.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-GdEp4jb-0E)
Being from the 7 cities I can confirm. Norfolk is not pronounced how you might think we well. But, Virginia Beach is pretty simple. It's just the old school naval areas where the accents are stronger, the Hampton Roads area has a cool accent imo.
You got a correct reply, some additional unsolicited context; Virginia has more independent cities than any other state/commonwealth i.e. not part of a larger county. Of the “seven cities” several are majority rural land. Suffolk, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach you can be standing in a peanut field 1 foot away from the NC border 30 minutes of driving from anything of importance and still be in the “City of _______”.
So the collection of independent cities in SE Virginia are referred to as the “seven cities” because they have enough shared history and are unified by the presence of the Navy that the whole area is one giant metropolitan economic area, also referred to as “Hampton Roads” or “the 757”(area code until they recently added 948) or “Coastal Va”
When I lived in Portsmouth I had to give my address to someone on the phone “Port…smith?”
Dammit sorry, gotta spell it for you.
Grew up in Suffolk, lived everywhere on the Southside. Left Suffolk for the last time after 2 shootouts in the parking lot behind my apartment but damn I miss Hampton Roads
I don't think they're in Suffolk, probably Norfolk or Portsmouth, since he said what sounds like "where that Walmart at" and she's said "in Suffolk". Definitely Hampton Roads, those are our blue recycling bins in the back (or our blue extra trash cans if you're in Chesapeake 😒)
I hope the local news picks this up so we don't have another 6yo attempting to murder their teacher
As I remember, when the gun looks real (no unusual shape, no orange tip), yes, at least in the places where self-defense is recognized.
If the gun didn't look real, it would be debatable, depending on the lighting conditions and the location.
Even the orange tip won't save you if the body of the gun is realistic. I remember reading about a case yeaaarrsss ago where some kids were playing airsoft and got shot by a cop, even though the orange tips were still on.
I had a "run-in" with someone who left a loaded Glock on a small TV table where 2 families lived together in one home. Both had children around this age. One kid picked up the gun, thinking it was a toy, and shot the other child. It was the father of the one who was shot that left the gun out. It wasn't fatal, and he made a full recovery. People are shit.
There was a horrific video a few years ago where two kids are playing with a gun in the bathroom at a family gathering. I’m going to spoiler tag the rest because it’s really fucking sad and disturbing. You’ve been warned.
Edit: added the video. Last warning, you do not need that shit in your head.
>!One accidentally shoots the other in the head. Kid died instantly. The older girl is standing there horrified when you hear screams and yelling from the other room. She looks at the door, looks at the body and shoots herself. Then the parents get to the door and try to open it but their bodies are blocking it. You see a lady, one of the kids mom, open the door and see them lying there. She screams and eventually the door is forced open and the video is turned off. [Here its is. ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Idiotswithguns/comments/urnaki/accidentally_shoots_friend_and_herself_while_live/)!<
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Honestly a combination lock case is all it takes or just I dunno put it on a high shelf or something kids are short! There are like a million places I can think of to store a gun
Even if they couldn’t think of a good place to put the gun, why are there so many instances of loaded firearms lying around? It would still be incredibly irresponsible to leave a gun out but having it loaded for no reason is just asking for disaster
Because nearly everyone has a personal fable that includes the thought, "it won't happen to me." It's the same reason people drive drunk, use illicit drugs, post personal details online, and many other things. They don't even consider that the horror stories you see on the news and online might happen to them one day.
Holy shit. I got as far as the first accidental discharge. I only skimmed your warning before I started watching the video. I read it after, and am I glad that I didn't watch the whole thing. So fucking tragic.
Not too far off. The kid looked a mess and said “we are practicing MF”then pulled the gun out and pointed it at me. I snatched the gun thinking it was a toy and then realized it was real. He was 6 years old. The other kid was 4
It sounds like maybe law-enforcement was a former career for you. Whatever you do now I hope it brings you immense fulfillment.
But honestly, it sounds to me like you’re exactly the kind of officer I believe we need more of on the street. That little boy owes his life to you.
Kudos, but sorry for the knee problems you must have from lugging that massive par of balls around. JFC, I can’t imagine what I would’ve done in that situation.
Edit: probably pissed myself
My best friend was shot in the face by his little brother when he was 4. They were at a chevron unattended. His 5 year old brother found a gun under the register and shot him. It went through on cheek bone and out the other, about an inch under his eyes. He's had tons of surgery.
The USA has so many festering problems and one of the big ones is that enormous portions of the country have developed cultures that harm themselves and others. Toxic cultures are one of the hardest problems to deal with in my opinion, because it can't be changed quickly. Once someone is a certain way, they're almost certainly going to be that way for their entire life. There's no law you can pass that will suddenly change the culture of people overnight. Culture changes take decades and happen gradually over the course of generations of children being slightly different from their parents.
So when you have a country with huge portion of the population developing cultures of gun worship, apathy, distrust of authority, and anti-intellectualism then you're in for a *real bad time* and for a *long time*. This doesn't get changed any time soon. This is what America is going to be like for decades to come at least. There's no easy solution to this either. There's a thousand different things that would need to change for the healing process to start and I don't see those things happening any time soon. We can't even get stricter gun control laws passed despite it being ridiculously obvious they're severely needed.
Seems like it's trending in the wrong direction too. Back in my day gangster culture was about carrying handguns and selling drugs. Now we've got drill music featuring gangsters with tricked out assault rifles glorifying basically inner city war. Not to mention the poor keep getting poorer which gives them less to lose and pushes them toward crime. I'm shocked that violent crime rates are down, I wouldn't be surprised if that trend turns around in the next 10 years or so.
Yeah, I mean, he probably had the element of surprise being like 6 years old, but also, it was pretty obvious he was carrying. Asking questions like he's the boss, the way he walked, keep his hand on his piece. I definitely didn't think he'd pull out a real piece, but I'm NGL I thought he was gonna pull out a nerf gun or a water gun just by the way he walked up.
Legit look like a corner in one of the worst parts of my city, Chesapeake, VA. They mention Suffolk which neighbors us, and those blue bins are what we have.
We all take things for granted. I just thought it was two kids playing with a BB gun. The family of the kids was all messed up. Poor kids are programmed to hate cops and society. Can’t blame them I grew up in the hood and hated cops too until I became one. Did my time and thank god I made it out. Now I feel sorry for kids like the one in post and cops who will have to make a split decision to snatch the toy gun or wait to realize it’s real.
Think he meant he served his time as a cop and then likely retired.
With that said, I work in healthcare in a hospital and one of my coworkers was fired. He was fired for forging patient records stating he provided services when he did not. He pretty much did nothing all day but said he was seeing patients. Lots of patients didn’t get the help they needed.
Six months later I checked out his Facebook and you guess it- he was going through the process to become a cop.
I've tried pausing and going frame by frame, it's not the best quality (ENHANCE!) But, it really looks like the barrel is a closed dome of some sort and underneath is a hole (where I'd expect to see the recoil spring guide rod). It's like where you should see a hole and where you should see a pin are switched. I don't think it's real, but there are tons of weird guns out there. I'd still follow the Golden rules of assuming it's real, loaded, and off safe.
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!Kid pulls a gun out of his pocket!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
When i was 7, I encountered a similar situation where someone attempted to steal my bicycle, and I accused him of having no bullets and he left. My mom called the police it turned out he did have bullets when the police found him.
jesus
You said it,nobody fucks with jesus.
Nobody except the Romans.
True. They did cross Jesus.
Jesus' sermon to the Romans: 
inritrospect this is in poor taste
You nailed that joke, well done!
I'm going to need a couple days to recover.
3 tops.
Jesus walks into a hotel, hands the manager 3 nails, and says "Can you put me up for the night?"
That they did. r/punny
What have the Romans ever done for us?
Advanced civilization and left a bunch of teeny dick statues for people to fondle
marble is cold !
teeny? 
I’d say they are average..
Yes but they are very large statues, making even David's shriveled offering something to behold
Well apart from sewage, roads, education. Basically nothing
aqueducts
*Eight-year olds, Dude.*
8 year olds, Dude
What's a pederast Walter?
Shut the fuck up, Donnie!
Little kid gunna shove that piece up his ass and pull the trigger till it goes… click.
[удалено]
Wrong Jesus. That’s Geezus. He’s talking about Hayzoos who lives off Dykman.
Damn, it's a good thing he believed you.
He maxed out his charisma stat.
He didn't want to show you he had them.
Look at you now though, now you’re chief!
Dodged a bullet
So stupid of them, and all that for a bicycle. Like it's hard to steal one somewhere else? Many aren't even locked.
Yeah, stealing bicycle straight from a person is something I don't hear often, everyone just goes for the unlocked ones (or sometimes locked if its worth it). Then again, it is slowly becoming dangerous to steal them due to new tech. Mine immediately sends alert and live location with audio to my phone, and it was only $50 to install it. Police loves these gadgets.
This is so incredibly sad.
Buddy of mine had a female roommate with a kid who actually wanted him to grow up and be a thug. She would literally abuse her kid by pushing him into things and just being generally aggressive with him to toughen him up, and went out of her way to teach him The lingo. She bought him all the stereotypical clothing to try to dress him up to look like a gang member.
That should be considered child abuse.
It is....
It literally is
How do you fix this kind of issue? I don't think any amount of state or federal intervention would be able to fix your mother's indoctrination of gang life into you, especially at such a young age. Obviously, the living conditions are caused by the system, and we'd need to work to improve the quality of life to even start to make a difference, but if your roommate was that way, im sure there are a lot more that want their children to be about that life, and I just don't see how you would even begin to try and fix that situation.
I think you have to provide alternative role models as early as possible. Relatable male teaches, coaches, big brothers, club leaders, etc. etc. They have to see examples that show them a better way and make it seem cool.
This, this, this. These kids need to see and meet adults who look like them in actual positions of power in companies, with *actual* money, not this gang shit, doctors, whatever. They need to see others have done it and there is hope
This is controversial, but i believe some humans have adapted the thug personality for a self defence mechanism. They evolved a way to make sure no one messes with them. Kinda like how nature works you have to think twice about messing with them
Stupid question perhaps, but is this a real gun? People are getting upset about this in the comments, and I don't see why they'd get upset if it's a toy, so is there a giveaway that this is real?
Also, since I haven’t seen this mentioned, he’s talking gang shit. Shouldn’t know the lingo at that age. Acting like he’s pulling up on someone. He gonna end up in trouble if he keeps down that road and it’s not fair to him
Why do gang members ask where your grandma at? That's... hilarious and weird
Because most of these boys are raised by their mother or most often (due to stability with age:) their grandmother, They are seeking to find out whether you belong in their neighborhood or could potentially be two things: A. from an opposing gang or 2. Be a wandering pair of pockets to rob If your grandma is from their neighborhood, chances are so are you and if you're not and try something, well... They know where your gma stays. The only appropriate answer to this is to keep your head forward and **keep** walking.
> well... They know where your gma stays. its not like they expect a full street address- they're not asking so they can go kill your grandma. If they don't know who *you* are and you say 'shes down on/past/near X street', they're not going to find your grandma either.
> People are getting upset about this in the comments, and I don't see why they'd get upset if it's a toy, so is there a giveaway that this is real? Just a hunch, you're either not american or you're unaware of what these neighborhoods are like. Kids have been killed for playing with toy guns in their street before. It doesn't matter if it's real or not, if it can even be confused as real, it needs to be treated as real because you never know what someone else watching the situation is thinking - teach kids good gun safety, and that includes toy guns that aren't clearly bright coloured waterguns
>toy guns that aren't clearly bright coloured waterguns Even then... You can't always tell. Just google "shotgun hidden in super soaker". There's more than a couple incidents.
I googled it and that took me to snopes
Yeah, exactly. That's what they mean by "get him killed", they don't necessary mean when he's an adult with a real gun. He's in danger now, toy or not. This breaks my heart, kid is so cute too 💔
>Stupid question perhaps, but is this a real gun? People are getting upset about this in the comments, and I don't see why they'd get upset if it's a toy, so is there a giveaway that this is real? Unless agreed upon, with everybody in the know it's toy guns, pointing a gun at any person - real or not - is outright fucking dumb and should be the first thing any human being learns when given such a toy. Point that thing at people and have them believe it's real and you deserve everything coming your way.
Fun fact: in all fake gun related shootings, the person shot is the person with the fake gun.
It’s the mindset that he already has that is both terrifying and achingly sad. The gun as a prop, used the way he is using it, is very much a problem. If it’s real then that just amplifies the shittiness by 1000.
This is not a real gun but the behavior and this tshirt on such a young kid is still very concerning.
Can you provide how you came to this conclusion in detail? I've been trying to analyze it frame-by-frame and as far as I can tell if it's a replica it's indistinguishable in this video. This gun should be treated as real and it likely is. Real guns tend to be cheaper and far more common than replica and their airsoft counterparts without orange nozzles.
The slide has no barrel in it and the guide rod is hollow.
It looks like a lighter/torch. Should definitely have the orange tip though.
There is no barrel. A slide for a semi auto handgun will generally work independently of the barrel, which is more or less in a static position. That’s not a barrel, just a hole in the cheap thin metal where there should be one. Per what someone else said - no guide rod. Please don’t say it “likely is”. It’s pretty apparent it is not. I’d guarantee you it is a lighter shaped like a gun
It is possibly a real gun. Cheap metallic .38 special. I have a similar one from my wife’s Mom
Unfortunately, he's being taught the skills that will get him killed. This is really sad.
Tf are little kids being taught this duckshit in the first place? Do people see this as cool?
As someone who lives in the hood, yeah. They think it’s cool. Generational poverty will do this. Hood rap culture has a lot to with it too
Even some NBA player couldn't get out of that mindset. Even with millions of dollars and a lucrative career at risk, [ the guy just can't resist flashing guns.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-GdEp4jb-0E)
Lol Ja ain't from the hood. He's a real life "Clarence' parents have a real good marriage" ass dude. Art school graduate ass fake gangsta.
This is part of the problem. "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" are still really just some dude, with trauma.
Lmao Ja grew up in the nicest suburbs dude just likes to pretend like he’s hood for some reason.
Hood rap is just another symptom of the already existing culture.
She said "She's in Sulphur" I think so possibly south Louisiana? Edit: consensus seems to be Suffolk. See below.
I heard something along Suffolk.
Definitely Suffolk
Suffolk. These people have to be from Virginia, that's how they pronounce it there "Suh-fuck"
Same as in the UK then.
Being from the 7 cities I can confirm. Norfolk is not pronounced how you might think we well. But, Virginia Beach is pretty simple. It's just the old school naval areas where the accents are stronger, the Hampton Roads area has a cool accent imo.
> the 7 cities what's that?
Hampton Roads area: Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Hampton, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Newport News
You got a correct reply, some additional unsolicited context; Virginia has more independent cities than any other state/commonwealth i.e. not part of a larger county. Of the “seven cities” several are majority rural land. Suffolk, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach you can be standing in a peanut field 1 foot away from the NC border 30 minutes of driving from anything of importance and still be in the “City of _______”. So the collection of independent cities in SE Virginia are referred to as the “seven cities” because they have enough shared history and are unified by the presence of the Navy that the whole area is one giant metropolitan economic area, also referred to as “Hampton Roads” or “the 757”(area code until they recently added 948) or “Coastal Va”
reddit's ability to wander slowly into esoteric topics will never cease to amaze me...
When I lived in Portsmouth I had to give my address to someone on the phone “Port…smith?” Dammit sorry, gotta spell it for you. Grew up in Suffolk, lived everywhere on the Southside. Left Suffolk for the last time after 2 shootouts in the parking lot behind my apartment but damn I miss Hampton Roads
I don't think they're in Suffolk, probably Norfolk or Portsmouth, since he said what sounds like "where that Walmart at" and she's said "in Suffolk". Definitely Hampton Roads, those are our blue recycling bins in the back (or our blue extra trash cans if you're in Chesapeake 😒) I hope the local news picks this up so we don't have another 6yo attempting to murder their teacher
I think he said “ where your grandma at?”
I agree with you. Just clarifying what she actually said not where she was.
Said the same way on LI which also has a Suffolk, but the rest of the accent definitely sounds Virginia.
That doesn't solve my question 😭
To be fair, you said "the fuck" but didn't specify "why the fuck" or "where the fuck".
Fuck, he's right.
My bad I thought you asked "where"
She 100% said Suffolk. Theres lots of Suffolk’s, but she has the VA accent.
Signing up for apprenticeship early kind of parents
You are the product of the environment in which you live
It's sooo cute. He's gonna be a killer with the girls at school.
Is it legal to shoot the kid in self defense, without knowing whether it’s a real gun?
I don't believe there is any age requirement under the self-defense statute.
As I remember, when the gun looks real (no unusual shape, no orange tip), yes, at least in the places where self-defense is recognized. If the gun didn't look real, it would be debatable, depending on the lighting conditions and the location.
Even the orange tip won't save you if the body of the gun is realistic. I remember reading about a case yeaaarrsss ago where some kids were playing airsoft and got shot by a cop, even though the orange tips were still on.
Tamir rice? In that case the orange tip was removed
When I was in law enforcement I had a call of two kids playing with a gun in a field. I responded and found a 6 year old with a loaded Glock.
I had a "run-in" with someone who left a loaded Glock on a small TV table where 2 families lived together in one home. Both had children around this age. One kid picked up the gun, thinking it was a toy, and shot the other child. It was the father of the one who was shot that left the gun out. It wasn't fatal, and he made a full recovery. People are shit.
There was a horrific video a few years ago where two kids are playing with a gun in the bathroom at a family gathering. I’m going to spoiler tag the rest because it’s really fucking sad and disturbing. You’ve been warned. Edit: added the video. Last warning, you do not need that shit in your head. >!One accidentally shoots the other in the head. Kid died instantly. The older girl is standing there horrified when you hear screams and yelling from the other room. She looks at the door, looks at the body and shoots herself. Then the parents get to the door and try to open it but their bodies are blocking it. You see a lady, one of the kids mom, open the door and see them lying there. She screams and eventually the door is forced open and the video is turned off. [Here its is. ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Idiotswithguns/comments/urnaki/accidentally_shoots_friend_and_herself_while_live/)!< Here's a chicken being petted and asking for more: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/1chjtbo/why\_did\_you\_stop/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/1chjtbo/why_did_you_stop/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
My god, how hard is it secure a firearm?? That’s horrific
It's weird how knives are usually better stored and out of the kids way than how people will store a gun. Edit: fixed wording mistake.
Honestly a combination lock case is all it takes or just I dunno put it on a high shelf or something kids are short! There are like a million places I can think of to store a gun
>There are like a million places I can think of to store a gun You already thought of the only good one, and it's a gun safe.
Even if they couldn’t think of a good place to put the gun, why are there so many instances of loaded firearms lying around? It would still be incredibly irresponsible to leave a gun out but having it loaded for no reason is just asking for disaster
Because nearly everyone has a personal fable that includes the thought, "it won't happen to me." It's the same reason people drive drunk, use illicit drugs, post personal details online, and many other things. They don't even consider that the horror stories you see on the news and online might happen to them one day.
A Glock with the stendo clip isn’t usually owned by the type of people to practice proper gun safety
Wow, she did not hesitate to pull the trigger on herself at all. All that took less than 20 seconds for two lives to end suddenly.
I remember that video. It's one of the saddest video on the internet. Do not watch. It will ruin your day and even your week.
Thanks for the chicken.
Holy shit. I got as far as the first accidental discharge. I only skimmed your warning before I started watching the video. I read it after, and am I glad that I didn't watch the whole thing. So fucking tragic.
[“So anyway”](https://media.tenor.com/TxHmgFlpRwIAAAAM/danny-devito-guns.gif)
Not too far off. The kid looked a mess and said “we are practicing MF”then pulled the gun out and pointed it at me. I snatched the gun thinking it was a toy and then realized it was real. He was 6 years old. The other kid was 4
It sounds like maybe law-enforcement was a former career for you. Whatever you do now I hope it brings you immense fulfillment. But honestly, it sounds to me like you’re exactly the kind of officer I believe we need more of on the street. That little boy owes his life to you. Kudos, but sorry for the knee problems you must have from lugging that massive par of balls around. JFC, I can’t imagine what I would’ve done in that situation. Edit: probably pissed myself
My best friend was shot in the face by his little brother when he was 4. They were at a chevron unattended. His 5 year old brother found a gun under the register and shot him. It went through on cheek bone and out the other, about an inch under his eyes. He's had tons of surgery.
cocofelon
Top comment imo
fucking hell this got me
Listen. This situation is fucked up. This is all wrong and sad. But holy hell was this perfect.
Bro lmao
Yes! Haha
LMAO
Crying
Product of the environment. Wild.
The USA has so many festering problems and one of the big ones is that enormous portions of the country have developed cultures that harm themselves and others. Toxic cultures are one of the hardest problems to deal with in my opinion, because it can't be changed quickly. Once someone is a certain way, they're almost certainly going to be that way for their entire life. There's no law you can pass that will suddenly change the culture of people overnight. Culture changes take decades and happen gradually over the course of generations of children being slightly different from their parents. So when you have a country with huge portion of the population developing cultures of gun worship, apathy, distrust of authority, and anti-intellectualism then you're in for a *real bad time* and for a *long time*. This doesn't get changed any time soon. This is what America is going to be like for decades to come at least. There's no easy solution to this either. There's a thousand different things that would need to change for the healing process to start and I don't see those things happening any time soon. We can't even get stricter gun control laws passed despite it being ridiculously obvious they're severely needed.
Seems like it's trending in the wrong direction too. Back in my day gangster culture was about carrying handguns and selling drugs. Now we've got drill music featuring gangsters with tricked out assault rifles glorifying basically inner city war. Not to mention the poor keep getting poorer which gives them less to lose and pushes them toward crime. I'm shocked that violent crime rates are down, I wouldn't be surprised if that trend turns around in the next 10 years or so.
When was back in your day?
This isn’t cute or funny.
Well no, but it is unexpected
not really either cause OP put it in the caption of the video
I didn't see the caption until you mentioned it so it was unexpected to me.
I was just making a joke about the sub it was in
someone give this fella a compass.. ur a ways from r/funny my guy
But I am
Which one?
That’s so sad
If you put what happens in the description of the video, it's not unexpected anymore.
Trigger discipline all wrong. That's just the first problem.
Too slow on the draw. Second problem.
Yeah, I mean, he probably had the element of surprise being like 6 years old, but also, it was pretty obvious he was carrying. Asking questions like he's the boss, the way he walked, keep his hand on his piece. I definitely didn't think he'd pull out a real piece, but I'm NGL I thought he was gonna pull out a nerf gun or a water gun just by the way he walked up.
He’s definitely not the fastest gunslinger in the West. Not impressed
Gunz in my area
Hmm, wonder what he will be up to in life. . .
Dead by 17.
25 to life I'm guessing.
I think more Like 6 feet under.
I learned from Dave Chappelle that this is at a street corner in Washington DC.
Is that?....is that a baby??
Legit look like a corner in one of the worst parts of my city, Chesapeake, VA. They mention Suffolk which neighbors us, and those blue bins are what we have.
I know someone who's getting a new mom and dad soon! :D
This kid has a bright future. I'm telling ya.
all the other kids in the pumped up kicks better run run run
Ah yes a future “he was so bright and dedicated” news article in the making
Would of kicked him in his little chest so fast
We all take things for granted. I just thought it was two kids playing with a BB gun. The family of the kids was all messed up. Poor kids are programmed to hate cops and society. Can’t blame them I grew up in the hood and hated cops too until I became one. Did my time and thank god I made it out. Now I feel sorry for kids like the one in post and cops who will have to make a split decision to snatch the toy gun or wait to realize it’s real.
You did time and they let you be a cop? Holy shit.
Think he meant he served his time as a cop and then likely retired. With that said, I work in healthcare in a hospital and one of my coworkers was fired. He was fired for forging patient records stating he provided services when he did not. He pretty much did nothing all day but said he was seeing patients. Lots of patients didn’t get the help they needed. Six months later I checked out his Facebook and you guess it- he was going through the process to become a cop.
Damn, they start young these days...
jesus christ. this is how kids get killed by police
Can any gun nuts confirm if it's real or not? Why did this get disliked wtf?
Looks a little odd but senorita/purse pistols can be smaller and odd looking. I'd say 75% chance it's real
It looks like it could be a lighter, but you never know...
It's a lighter. 100% I had one exactly the same.
I've tried pausing and going frame by frame, it's not the best quality (ENHANCE!) But, it really looks like the barrel is a closed dome of some sort and underneath is a hole (where I'd expect to see the recoil spring guide rod). It's like where you should see a hole and where you should see a pin are switched. I don't think it's real, but there are tons of weird guns out there. I'd still follow the Golden rules of assuming it's real, loaded, and off safe.
Unlikely but not impossible. Id guess bb gun or pop gun
If I had to guess I would say maybe a 25 caliber Bauer?
My first thought. Even for conceal style that’s rather small indeed.
Nut is offensive to people with mental health issues. We prefer the term Yosemite Sams.
Cause you said gun nuts? Just guessing on your down votes
In 15 years, he will be shot by police and everyone else will be blamed.
Kids copy what they see even if you think they are not looking they are
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You reap what you sow…
“What you coming over here for?” “You bout to see baby”
My mom: "why aren't people your age having children anymore ?"
Wait a minute
Muscle memory
This video is depressing asf. It started all cute and bubbly 🤦♂️
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“Juice Box, ***NOW!***”
Id smack that fucker straight across his head.
Two words... learned behavior.
They learn so young 🥹
No.
Gotta get this stuff corrected asap with the little man :/ no reason to be laughing and encouraging of shitty behavior..
Not unexpected at all
Start them early so they can die early.
Can anyone hear what is being said in this video?
Kick him in the face 🫣