US Three-year-old boy in Texas shoots and kills himself at his own birthday party

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Three-year-old boy in Texas shoots and kills himself at his own birthday party​

Harriet Alexander
The IndependentOctober 25, 2020
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A pistol fell out of a family member’s pocket in Texas and was found by a toddler celebrating his birthday (Getty)

A three-year-old boy in Texas has died at his own birthday party after finding a family member’s gun and accidentally shooting himself in the chest.

The accident happened on Saturday afternoon in Porter, 30 miles from downtown Houston.

“Family and friends had gathered earlier to celebrate the birthday of the three-year-old, and while playing cards, heard a gunshot,” the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said.

“The child was located with a gunshot wound to the chest.”

A pistol had fallen out of the pocket of one of someone in the family, they said. The toddler was taken to a nearby fire station, and pronounced dead.

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of this tragic accident.”

Children finding guns and killing themselves and others is depressingly common in the United States.

It is at least the fifth fatal accidental shooting by a child this year in Texas, according to a tally kept by activist group Everytown For Gun Safety – meaning that Texas is tied with Tennessee for the highest number of such shootings in 2020.

There have been at least 229 unintentional shootings by children in 2020, it calculates, with 97 deaths and 139 injuries.

An estimated 4.6 million American children live in homes with at least one gun that is loaded and unlocked, the organisation says.

Every year, hundreds of American children gain access to firearms and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else.

The campaign group Be Smart recommends guns be stored unloaded, locked in a case, and placed in a secure locked box with the ammunition stored separately.

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So......Why the hell would anybody bring a gun to a 3 year olds birthday party exactly? and someone has a gun fall out of their pocket and doesn't notice its missing, and nobody at the party sees it? The whole thing sounds a little off considering the situation and circumstances

 

[Get_your_kicks_with_30-06]

Local retard is too cheap to buy a holster. Innocent child pays the price.

 

[Brittnay Matthews]

So......Why the hell would anybody bring a gun to a 3 year olds birthday party exactly? and someone has a gun fall out of their pocket and doesn't notice its missing, and nobody at the party sees it? The whole thing sounds a little off considering the situation and circumstance

my first thought was: how the hell did a three years old pull the trigger while pointing the gun at his chest. doable but hard to imagine.

 

[ZombiefiedFerret]

Celebrating your birthday by freeing yourself from your mortal shell and embracing the eternal void.

So......Why the hell would anybody bring a gun to a 3 year olds birthday party exactly? and someone has a gun fall out of their pocket and doesn't notice its missing, and nobody at the party sees it? The whole thing sounds a little off considering the situation and circumstances

People are stupid, that's all you need to know.

 

[Chaos Theorist]

sounds like darkies tbh

 

[Sped Xing]

It's my party and I'll die if I want to

 

[Duke Nukem]

Local retard is too cheap to buy a holster. Innocent child pays the price.

I was just about to say this, if you're going to carry a piece at least secure it properly. No wonder so many people want guns banned.

 

[Cheesegirl78]

These are the gun owners that give the rest of us a bad name.

Poor little guy, dead because of an asshats' negligence.

 

[The Last Stand]

If you can't be bothered to learn even the most basic of gun safety, don't even THINK about obtaining a gun.

 

[Lifeguard Hermit]

fell out of [his gangbanger cousin's] pocket

 

[millais]

Isn't just-turned 3 years old still sort of an age where child should not be left unattended or unobserved when awake?

 

[Livecorpse]

I'm noticing this article doesn't mention names or feature any pictures of the victim or family.

 

[Ita Mori]

Judging by how they refuse to give the family's names, I'm going to assume there's joggery afoot.
Poor kid caught himself lacking.

 

[Miss Misery]

Porter, TX appears to be 50% Hispanic. And less than 3% Black.

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

Kid got a sudden divine glimpse into what his future held

 

[Super Hans]

my first thought was: how the hell did a three years old pull the trigger while pointing the gun at his chest. doable but hard to imagine.

It usually ends up that way because the kid puts the gun on the ground pointing upward, and uses both of their thumbs to push the trigger backward, using the ground as a solid force to hold the gun in place. Older kids do the same, but are able hold the gun in place with just their hands, not needing the ground for help.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

It takes a special kind of ignorance to not notice that a gun has fallen out of your pocket.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

Did nobody hear the gun hit the floor? Also, what is it with three year old kids killing themselves?

 

[heathercho]

Local retard is too cheap to buy a holster. Innocent child pays the price.

I don't know, he's probably done the world a favour. 3 year old that points a gun at his chest, do you really want that person living long enough to frolic around in society?

 

[Unassuming Local Guy]

Children finding guns and killing themselves and others is depressingly common in the United States.

It is at least the fifth fatal accidental shooting by a child this year in Texas, according to a tally kept by activist group Everytown For Gun Safety – meaning that Texas is tied with Tennessee for the highest number of such shootings in 2020.

There have been at least 229 unintentional shootings by children in 2020, it calculates, with 97 deaths and 139 injuries.

An estimated 4.6 million American children live in homes with at least one gun that is loaded and unlocked, the organisation says.

This author has an extremely low bar for "common". 97 is .002% of 4.6 million, or a lifetime odds of .04% if we assume "child" means anyone below 18. And that's "shootings by children", not necessarily children killing themselves. That number could, for all we know, primarily be accounted for by kids accidentally killing the asshole who thought having a loaded, unsecured gun in a house with a child is a great idea. Gotta look on the bright side.

Yes, it sucks when it happens, but let's not pretend that something that happens to a maximum of 1/2500th of neglectful parents is common. That's just making excuses for the absolute retards who let it happen.

Local retard is too cheap to buy a holster. Innocent child pays the price.

Only gang members are fucking stupid enough to carry guns around in their pockets. Much less loaded guns. Even more less loaded guns with no safety/disabled safety. Yet more less loaded guns with no safety at a three year old's birthday party.

I would bet my house that this is some scumbag gang member, and I would bet everything else I own that he obtained that gun illegally.