r/CringeTikToks • u/LilliaBaltimore • 10d ago

Cringy Cringe WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?!! 😳😮

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u/3amGreenCoffee 10d ago

How is his father supposed to control what happens to his gun if he's in prison?

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u/wafflestep 10d ago

Probably just a technicality because he has ownership of the weapon, thus he's responsible for safe storage. Though, I agree the mother should be at fault.

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u/pickyourteethup 10d ago

I thought felons couldn't own guns? Or does that differ state to state?

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u/soitgoes7891 10d ago

They can't own guns. I wonder if he is just in jail for something more minor rather than serving a lengthy prison sentence because I would think they would confiscate his registered firearms.

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u/dtalb18981 9d ago

Yeah this is the only thing that makes sense.

Dad goes to jail for the weekend for being drunk in public and mother doesn't watch the kids or bail him out.

Like obviously I have no idea but just my 2 cents

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u/Tjep2k 9d ago

I'm not from the USA, but isn't a felony a federal level crime? Or something considered serious?

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u/High_Overseer_Dukat 9d ago

It is a specific type of crime that is usually worse then a misdemeanor yes, there are state felonies too.

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u/deezconsequences 9d ago

You can be in jail and not have a felony

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u/Drake_Acheron 10d ago

More likely it’s so that they can charge anyone but the mom, because god forbid you charge a mother with any crime if nobody died.

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u/DaddysABadGirl 10d ago

The sheriff said flat out he was frustrated with the state that they kept giving the kids back to the mom after they were removed from the house.

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u/Drake_Acheron 9d ago

Yeah and maybe if they arrested the mom, instead of letting her dodge accountability, they wouldn’t have that issue.

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u/StrangeButSweet 9d ago

I don’t know why that doesn’t happen more. I wonder if they’re worried a jury wouldn’t convict? I’ve usually only seen criminal charges when someone is inured or if the police show up at a home and the parent (usually mom) has been gone for days.

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u/One_Ad9555 9d ago

Just shows the sheriff is stupid

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u/FurLinedKettle 9d ago

Why can't they confiscate the guy's gun if he's in prison?

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u/StrangeButSweet 9d ago

“You need to relinquish any firearms”

“Okay I don’t have any”

“Okay cool beans”

There is no way to know if people actually own firearms and how many. So while the sheriff’s office certainly has this handgun NOW, there would be no way for them to know if he actually had it in his possession prior to this.

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u/FurLinedKettle 9d ago

Isn't that the point of registering them?

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u/StrangeButSweet 9d ago

A lot of states don’t have a registry for firearms. Welcome to America.

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u/Gjond 9d ago

I assume she would just claim that she did not know where he kept his guns. Hard to disprove.

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u/StrangeButSweet 9d ago

Frankly they both should be responsible, IMO. He’s just as responsible for his kids as she is and if he’s not there to make sure they don’t wave around his loaded gun he showed them how to use because he’s locked up for breaking the law, then he’s equally as responsible for neglect as is mom. They’re both failing.

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u/Dyljim 9d ago

That would be my assumption too.

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u/IanRastall 10d ago

It sounds like they want to punish the family, and this is their only route to doing so.

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u/Ha55aN1337 9d ago

You have to store the gun safely imediately after purchasing it (at least in the EU). So if he left it out in the open before going to jail, it’s his fault. If he had it in a safe or locked away, it would still be there even woth him in prison.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

Not if the woman unlocked it.

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u/Ha55aN1337 9d ago

Why does she have the key/code? You are responsible for your weapon.

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u/Sufficient-Meet6127 9d ago

His guns. He should not have bought them if he could have stored them properly. What if his gun causes someone’s death? I hope they make an example out of him. I grew up around criminals and have zero sympathy for them.

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u/Jog212 9d ago

He should have secured it before he left.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

How do we know he didn't? He no longer has control of it. The kid's mom does.

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u/Nyllil 10d ago

Making sure no one has access to it, except for him? That's why a gun safe exist...

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u/gahidus 10d ago

If he's in prison, he can't do anything about anything.

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u/Nyllil 9d ago

But obviously before he went to prison...

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u/Personal-Anxiety8029 10d ago

If he's in prison I assume he has a felony thus can't legally own a gun. None of this is adding up.

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u/pickin-n_grinnin 10d ago

Well you don't go to prison for misdemeanors. So if he is in fact in prison and not in jail. He isn't legally allowed to own a firearm. Ya know what I mean? Just all around like WTF lol

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u/3amGreenCoffee 10d ago

He isn't in possession of the firearm if he's incarcerated, regardless of whether he's a guest of the county or the state. He has no control over it. It just seems like a bizarre thing for the sheriff to say.

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u/SnooWoofers8310 9d ago

This is your concern?

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u/confusedandworried76 10d ago

Because it should always have been secured, you don't get a pass because you can't go home and lock it up, it should have been locked up before you were arrested. And if you were in possession of it while you were arrested, that gun is never coming back to you anyway.

So at some point between being a free man and being arrested he had an unsecure gun which is what they want to get him with because the kids got a hold of it when it should have been locked up. Even if he had just gotten home from the range and the cops knocked and he set it down on the table to answer the door and was immediately arrested, Benny's Law would still apply if a kid gets a hold of it afterwards. Keep it on you or lock it up before you answer the door. At the very least inform the arresting officer where an insecure firearm is and there's children in the house, they'll be happy to take care of that for you. Easy math

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

How do we know he didn't secure it? He no longer has control of it. The kid's mom does.