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Robb

(39,665 posts) Thu Jun 6, 2013, 09:24 PM Jun 2013

4 year-old brings dad's LOADED handgun to DAYCARE. [View all]

Dad is "charged."

Maine man charged after son takes gun to day care

HALLOWELL, Maine (AP) — The father of a 4-year-old who brought his dad’s loaded handgun to a Maine day care center has been charged with reckless conduct.

Prosecutors said Wednesday that 31-year-old Adam Keene of Madison will be summoned to court to face the misdemeanor charge.

District Attorney Maeghan Maloney says Keene acted in a manner that could have ended in tragedy, but because she thinks his acts were unintentional, he won’t face a felony charge.

Police say an employee found the .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun in a bag the boy brought to Rollins Family Child Care Center in Hallowell on April 23. The gun’s safety was on, but a round was in the chamber.

Read More: http://www.trentonian.com/article/20130606/NEWS04/130609775/maine-man-charged-after-son-takes-gun-to-day-care

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4 year-old brings dad's LOADED handgun to DAYCARE. [View all] Robb Jun 2013 OP

If they don't start taking this seriously BainsBane Jun 2013 #1

Absolutely yes! I am with you nt Tumbulu Jun 2013 #9

Absolutely! +10000000000 Initech Jun 2013 #39

Problem is that they don't care if kids die. Kablooie Jun 2013 #45

Parents need to be charged abelenkpe Jun 2013 #2

That's the key right there, huge fines Warpy Jun 2013 #3

Absolutely agree. Time to start making examples of irresponsible parents. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #4

Life at hard labor. Hoyt Jun 2013 #7

Realistically... cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #11

And since they have proven to be irresponsible, they lose right to own or use guns. Hoyt Jun 2013 #12

Now you're talking felony, or flirting with unconstitutionality. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #15

You've gotta be kidding... marions ghost Jun 2013 #14

Yeah, okay. Fuck the kids. Toss the dad or mom, then the key. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #16

It's hard to imagine the parents give a marions ghost Jun 2013 #19

"Maybe they'd be better off in foster care for awhile." Wow, that's hilarious. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #20

A 4-yr-old with a loaded gun is not an irrational fear marions ghost Jun 2013 #28

So we're really not THAT far apart... BIG is what I'm thinking as well. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #30

What "actually happened" marions ghost Jun 2013 #32

i think the gun could have ended the lives of many children samsingh Jun 2013 #22

I'll stick with basing my opinion on what DID happen and not an cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #25

"palatable enough" marions ghost Jun 2013 #29

Breaking News: No kids in day care got shot by their peers. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #37

Guess they're lucky the kid didn't open fire malaise Jun 2013 #5

If my 380 isn't on my side or in my pocket I'd know. ileus Jun 2013 #6

Better yet, leave the little f&*ker secured at home until you can sell it. Hoyt Jun 2013 #10

why taake the risk for some profit. ileus Jun 2013 #17

Someday you'll get it. Be really responsible, leave em at home. Hoyt Jun 2013 #18

I tried to sell my .380 to three different gun dealers last month. bluedigger Jun 2013 #26

I finally found a couple of boxes of FMJ's at walturd a few weeks ago. ileus Jun 2013 #36

These parents trusted their children's safety to their gun, too. Robb Jun 2013 #33

That's why safety first.... ileus Jun 2013 #34

Do you think they believed they were being unsafe? Robb Jun 2013 #35

Was it locked up? Was it on the owners person? ileus Jun 2013 #38

So you think they thought they were being unsafe? Robb Jun 2013 #41

i guess not everyone can be trusted with a gun. samsingh Jun 2013 #23

show & tell & kill spanone Jun 2013 #8

"a misdemeanor"???????????????? marions ghost Jun 2013 #13

The NRA will think this a solution to school violence KinMd Jun 2013 #21

the nra wants to arm all kids and have the guns loaded i think samsingh Jun 2013 #24

Preschool is a lot more dangerous than I remember Major Nikon Jun 2013 #27

America the stupid.... Swede Atlanta Jun 2013 #31

I agree so should the first DUI conviction newmember Jun 2013 #43

Just remember, guns don't kill people mindwalker_i Jun 2013 #40

If you see a gun: newmember Jun 2013 #42

Times like this I am tempted to call for punishment every bit as draconian kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #44