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Zorro

(16,452 posts) Thu Dec 12, 2024, 09:14 AM Dec 12

Fresno woman is fatally shot when her toddler gets hold of unattended gun, police say

The tensile strength necessary to pull the trigger of a 9-millimeter Kel-Tec firearm is roughly 5½ to 6½ pounds. That trivia became important this week to Fresno police as they investigated how a toddler could have shot his own mother.

Authorities arrested an 18-year-old gun owner and were scrutinizing how a 2½-year-old child found the weapon and fired it once, striking and killing his mother Friday evening.

Fresno police booked Andrew Sanchez, boyfriend of the victim, Jessinya Mina, on charges of felony child endangerment and felony criminal storage of a firearm.

He was freed on bail, according to Lt. Paul Cervantes, Fresno Police Street Violence Bureau commander, while the police continue to investigate the circumstances of the shooting.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-11/fresno-toddler-fatally-shoots-mother

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Fresno woman is fatally shot when her toddler gets hold of unattended gun, police say (Original Post) Zorro Dec 12 OP

Loaded guns just lying around. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 12 #1

I think that two year old had an assist on that trigger pull. I think dad needs a lawyer, marble falls Dec 12 #2

Is he allowed to own guns after this? -nt CrispyQ Dec 12 #3

That poor child - 2 1/2 - has to live with the fact he accidentally killed his own mother for the rest of his life. Dennis Donovan Dec 12 #4

Anyone that keeps a round in the chamber of a semi-auto pistol is an idiot. multigraincracker Dec 12 #5

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,825 posts)

1. Loaded guns just lying around.

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Thu Dec 12, 2024, 09:19 AM

Dec 12

Such a good idea.

marble falls

(62,457 posts)

2. I think that two year old had an assist on that trigger pull. I think dad needs a lawyer,

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Thu Dec 12, 2024, 09:21 AM

Dec 12

CrispyQ

(38,542 posts)

3. Is he allowed to own guns after this? -nt

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Thu Dec 12, 2024, 09:21 AM

Dec 12

Dennis Donovan

(27,268 posts)

4. That poor child - 2 1/2 - has to live with the fact he accidentally killed his own mother for the rest of his life.

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Thu Dec 12, 2024, 09:29 AM

Dec 12

I'm not a psychologist (meaning I have no idea if this is a good idea or not), but I hope they never tell him how she died. I can't imagine living with that.

multigraincracker

(34,267 posts)

5. Anyone that keeps a round in the chamber of a semi-auto pistol is an idiot.

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Thu Dec 12, 2024, 12:00 PM

Dec 12

Takes less than a half second to chamber a round, according to the gun nuts. Between dropped pistols and whoops ey daisy, there are a lot of dead innocent people.

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