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A 30-year-old Deltona woman was arrested Monday afternoon after a 3-year-old boy grabbed her loaded gun and shot out the window of a car parked at a church school, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said.

Maldonado got out to walk around and left the boy unsecured in the back of the vehicle with the rear passenger door propped open so she could keep an eye on the child

Maldonado told investigators she was walking in the parking lot with some other parents when she heard a loud bang, deputies said. She said she didn't immediately realize it was gunfire.

When Maldonado returned to her car, she said she heard glass crackling and noticed the front driver’s side window shattered, Davidson said.

...and upon returning to the vehicle, she noticed that her loaded gun wasn’t in the driver’s side door pocket where she had left it.

It was on the front seat," Davidson said. "Maldonado told deputies that she normally keeps the gun locked in the trunk

...she was arrested and charged with child neglect.

No one was injured in the incident.

Mother normally keeps gun locked. Just when she doesn't and little Johnny goes pew pew pew at the school.

 

[frontovik]

Florida was a dead giveaway since Germany and Australia wouldn't have such issues with firearms. Plus, no 2nd Amendment.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

If only that gun had a gun, it could have defended itself from the toddler.

Florida was a dead giveaway since Germany and Australia wouldn't have such issues with firearms. Plus, no 2nd Amendment.

Georgia and Alabama are still in play.

 

[ClosingADoor]

Normally locked in the trunk? Sure thing. Load of bullshit.

 

[McDougles]

The G/A/F/ game has no purpose if you literally refer to the US constitution in the headline.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Left the kid in the car to just walk around.

 

[FDC1]

Mentionning the 2nd amendment in the title pretty much ruins the fun of G/A/F.

 

[Dynomutt]

Title make sit sound like the car was hot and the kid did what they had to to get out! I was about to say...

 

[Tom Nook]

No one was injured in the incident.

Thank GOD! WTF?

 

[Struct09]

The G/A/F/ game has no purpose if you literally refer to the US constitution in the headline.

thatsthejoke.jpg

 

[jay]

All American citizens have the right to bear arms, so why is this even news?

 

[DonShula]

Child abuse my ass. I taught all my kids how to handle firearms at 18 months. This toddler clearly knew his target and only raised his weapon when he intended to fire. In my day we'd just send the kid to timeout for mischief. Now it's on the news. This is what happens when we stop saying the pledge in schools.

 

[Ketch]

A 30-year-old Deltona woman was arrested Monday afternoon after a 3-year-old boy grabbed her loaded gun and shot out the window of a car parked at a church school, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said.

This one sentence alone. what the fuck.

 

[SliceSabre]

Child abuse my ass. I taught all my kids how to handle firearms at 18 months. This toddler clearly knew his target and only raised his weapon when he intended to fire. In my day we'd just send the kid to timeout for mischief. Now it's on the news. This is what happens when we stop saying the pledge in schools.

Almost had me there.

 

[norm9]

I'd expect other cars and/or the toddler's target to be affected. Terrible aim and terrible parenting.

 

[Strike]

I was honestly expecting a much more tragic outcome going into this thread. I'm glad no one was hurt.

 

[x24hrs2livex]

Child abuse my ass. I taught all my kids how to handle firearms at 18 months. This toddler clearly knew his target and only raised his weapon when he intended to fire. In my day we'd just send the kid to timeout for mischief. Now it's on the news. This is what happens when we stop saying the pledge in schools.

10/10 would read again.

 

[jay]

At what point do we earn our rights? Is a 2 year old not entitled to freedom of speech? Is a six month old allowed to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment? Can a 3 year old not open her own news blog and enjoy freedom of the press?

 

[sixteen-bit]

Florida was a safe bet.

 

[Joni]

What if the kid was stopping a burglar? And next time he doesn't have his gun. Then he is kidnapped.

 

[PandaPandaPanda]

Before opening this thread I said probably Florida.

and I was right

 

[B-Dubs]

What kind of moron keeps a loaded gun in a car?

 

[Dead Prince]

maybe the kid just wanted fresh air. so he blasted a hole in the window. smart thinking.

 

[super-famicom]

Florida Man, Florida Mom, Florida Toddler. What's next?

 

[smisk]

Can't wait for the NRA to condemn this flagrant violation of a US citizen's 2nd Amendment rights.

 

[Syncytia]

maybe the kid just wanted fresh air. so he blasted a hole in the window. smart thinking.

In the heat of summer? Kid may have saved his life from cooking in a summer car oven.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

What an idiot this woman is.

 

[DOWN]

Florida was a dead giveaway since Germany and Australia wouldn't have such issues with firearms. Plus, no 2nd Amendment.

The G/A/F/ game has no purpose if you literally refer to the US constitution in the headline.

Mentionning the 2nd amendment in the title pretty much ruins the fun of G/A/F.

The game has been used many times for Georgia Alabama Florida so not necessarily

 

[Stinkles]

Mom of the year.

Every single decision this person made was the worst possible decision, period.

Only good thing is that she is now part of the overwhelming statistic that you (and your children) are in more danger from your own guns than imaginary murderers.

 

[Divius]

Why is

The OP

Formatted

Like this

?

 

[parrotbeak]

Why would you keep your gun in the trunk where you can't get to it quickly? I think she meant she normally keeps the kid locked in the trunk.

 

[SpiritSlayer]

In the heat of summer? Kid may have saved his life from cooking in a summer car oven.

But the door was open already...

 

[Dead Prince]

?

Because it's a snippet of the full article

...and with that said why would he copy/pasta the whole thing here?

.

But the door was open already...

i just see this as the mom helping the kid learn what to do when the car is open, and someone tries to steal your car or kid inside. i commend the mom for training the kid young.

 

[hobozero]

Took this long to post?

 

[Karkador]

This story kind of reads like the gun is the victim in this incident

 

[Zen Aku]

thatsthejoke.jpg

No that is not the joke. That's just a bad attempt at a headline if we were playing G/A/F

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

The G/A/F/ game has no purpose if you literally refer to the US constitution in the headline.

Georgia and Alabama. G and A have multiple uses in this game, which gets confusing.

I don't even know the last time it was not Florida anyway though.

 

[Klocker]

she was arrested and charged with child neglect.

hallelujah

 

[parrotbeak]

Wouldn't a headline of "toddler fires gun" rule out anything besides the US already?

 

[Ponn]

But the door was open already...

The door was giving the kid a dehumanizing stare and couldn't be trusted. He was just standing his ground.

 

[liquidtmd]

?

I enjoyed reading it like Shatner tbh, more OPs should do this

 

[LakeEarth]

I know she got arrested, but that woman is lucky as hell. The situation could've gone a lot of different and worse ways.

 

[Paskil]

I'm confused why the toddler wasn't applauded, given an AR-15, and complimentary lifetime NRA membership.

 

[Omegasquash]

Hey it's tough to be a parent. Sometimes you forget things, like your child being in the back of your car, or even where you left your loaded gun! /s

Probably too much to hope for reckless endangerment here, right?

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Thank god no one was hurt

 

[TacoShats]

I live in the Daytona Beach area so anytime some crazy news story pops up about Florida I always assume it's from Deltona. It's all a bunch of lunatics living there.

 

[gutter_trash]

Floridian justice system is hilarious and sad:

onc can walk free with the Stand Your Ground lol Law by mowing down and unarmed teen.

one can be sent to jail for 20 years for pointing it without firing in self defense against an abusive spouse.

 

[Syncytia]

But the door was open already...

Not enough apparently. Could be getting toasty in there. Need to fire off a shot to disturb the air flow inside the car.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

That kid's ears must still be ringing...

 

[jett]

We're gonna have to retire this G/A/F meme. It's always Florida.