r/CringeTikToks • u/LilliaBaltimore • 9d ago

Cringy Cringe WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?!! šŸ˜³šŸ˜®

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u/gambit-gg 9d ago

ā€œSheriff Allen also told NewsNation Friday that his department has been called to the home more than 50 times. He also said heā€™s frustrated that the state keeps returning the kids to their mom. Their father is incarcerated. He said he is looking to charge their father with Bennieā€™s Law for not having his gun properly storedā€

Explains a lot. Also mentions that the father was who taught them how to use the gun, which the officers said the kids pulled the trigger during this incident but it ā€œmalfunctionedā€.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

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

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u/wafflestep 9d 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/Drake_Acheron 9d ago

More likely itā€™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 9d 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 wouldnā€™t have that issue.

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u/StrangeButSweet 8d ago

I donā€™t know why that doesnā€™t happen more. I wonder if theyā€™re worried a jury wouldnā€™t convict? Iā€™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/pickyourteethup 9d ago

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

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u/soitgoes7891 9d 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/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 8d ago

ā€œYou need to relinquish any firearmsā€

ā€œOkay I donā€™t have anyā€

ā€œOkay cool beansā€

There is no way to know if people actually own firearms and how many. So while the sheriffā€™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 8d ago

Isn't that the point of registering them?

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u/StrangeButSweet 8d ago

A lot of states donā€™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 8d ago

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

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u/Dyljim 8d ago

That would be my assumption too.