Kids in IKEA Fire Gun They Found Inside Couch Cushion
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A day out shopping nearly turned deadly for a couple of Indiana kids Monday after they reportedly found a gun in a store couch cushion and pulled the trigger.
No one was hurt, but the gunshot undoubtedly sparked a panic in the IKEA store in Fishers.
An investigation revealed that the gun was in the pocket of an unrelated customer who neglected to realize it had slipped from his pocket when he sat on the couch.
Now police are working to determine if charges will be filed and say the incident highlights exactly why responsible gun ownership is so important.
"If your are going to carry a firearm on your person, that you make sure you’re under control of it at all times," Fishers Police Sgt. Tom Weger said in a statement to WTTV.
IKEA also released the following statement:
"Safety and security of customers and co-workers is the top priority for Ikea. We have processes in place to ensure that the store is safe for customers and co-workers. For example, our store team has regular safety walks and audits which happen before, during and after opening hours," the company said. "In addition, Ikea has a no weapon policy in our locations to prevent exactly these types of situations. As soon as we were made aware of the situation, our co-workers took the action they were trained to do to ensure the safety of customers. We are cooperating with police as they investigate this incident."
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I guess gun free zones aren't safe after all. There's always going to be some moron gun nut who can't part with his gun for an afternoon.
What's scary is that even if this guy is charged, he will still be able to go out and buy more guns to be neglectful with.
I think that IKEA should publicly hang a big photo of this guy on the wall, with instructions for all employees to deny him entry in the future.
I guess guns aren't a popular discussion topic today. No death no foul.
The moral of the story is start teaching your kids gun safety at an early age.
Yeah, because even everyone who works in a job that requires them to carry a gun is impervious to gun accidents. Cops never leave their guns around for their kids to accidentally kill their siblings with. FBI agents never do back flips with their gun tucked into their waistband. Machine gun instructors never get killed when they allow little girls to shoot an uzi. What we need is to fill even more households with guns so that kids can learn to be as safe as them.
That's a scene you'll most likely never see anywhere else in the world (except the Gazan and Palestinian UNRWA schools}.
I hope there is some sort of charge for this doofus. Negligence, public endangerment or something.
I call shenanigans. If this happened at IKEA, the gun would have be assembled and I don't think the kid reads Swedish.
IKEA's instructions have numbered pictures indicating the procedure to assemble items, so even morons would know how to do it.
This moron (me) can't even follow pictures
LOL. I assume you have no IKEA furniture in your home, unless someone else assembled it.
No, I don't have any IKEA furniture. My furniture comes fully assembled
It's true. She shops at Ashley. I've seen her bedroom.
I sure as hell hope MISTER Giggles doesn't get to see your comment. LOL
A good guy with a gun...
Possibly a good guy but also a irresponsible and negligent guy.
Maybe it was Robert Blake.
We now see how effective their no weapon policy is. Do they have metal detectors at the entrances like airports? If not, then Charlton Heston type NRA members are not going to give a shit about their "no weapon" policy. Keeping in mind that America has a "gun-love culture" society, and proliferation of guns, this kind of incident is bound to be repeated again and again, and maybe not with so benign an outcome.
E.A Ceramic and Hard plastic guns will be?
Wallet? Sure. Money clip? You bet. Keys/chapstick/subway tokens/mints/phone? Of course. But a gun? Only an uneducated and/or irresponsible gun owner would carry their weapon loose in their pocket.
... who number in the millions...
E.A I wonder what Kills more children Misplaced guns or misplaced Drugs?
That's a good question, EA, why don't you google it and find out? I'm too tired...
I'm not sure I understand...
Are you saying that society should only address one problem at a time? That we should not look at a cause of death unless it is the worst cause of death?
... ... oh, and... there are more gun deaths in the US than drug deaths... but don't worry ab out the facts before you post. Let someone else do the work afterward...
E.A is that what I said?
So more Misplaced Gun deaths then Misplaced DRUGS you say? Link?
E.A
Speak Your Mind!
Shame to say it is a Misnomer now, BUT are you saying asking questions is WRONG?
No. Inescapable logic.
There are some 130 million gun owners in the country. Let's say that 90% are "responsible". I doubt it's that high, but let's be generous...
That leaves us with thirteen million irresponsible gun owners .
Okay??
Oh my, EA!
Do you really hope to find data about "misplaced" drugs and guns? Seriously?
Or did you make a speculative comparison in full knowledge that there can never be proof in either direction? That's a great way to discuss an issue!
E.A Lets take that Bigoted View.
So a Question has NO merit, Because The DATA might not yet be available?
Is that your Strawman?
2. Poisoning (39,000 annual deaths)
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There’s a reason people warn against abusing drugs — it kills you. Poisoning killed nearly 40,000 people in 2009, according to the National Safety Council, with most of the deaths associated with the accidental ingestion of illegal drugs. The number of deaths is up almost 400 percent in the past 20 years. Perhaps surprisingly, children getting into kitchen solvents or grandma’s well-stocked medicine cabinets are not the ones dying at alarming rates. Adults ages 25 to 44 are subject to the highest poisoning death rates, followed closely by those in the 45 to 64 age group. Drugs account for more than 10 times the amount of poisoning deaths of all other substances, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Top culprits are opioid pain medications, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone, with cocaine and heroin ranked second and third. Alcohol poisoning exists, but its numbers are so comparatively low it barely makes a blip on the National Safety Council’s poisoning death chart.
Someone said?
Drugs are indeed a terrible problem.
Guns kill more than drugs.
Therefore , guns are an even more terrible problem.
Do you really want to persist?
E.A Only if there was a HOPE of Comprehension, obviously there is none!
Gee... Old School Marine is refusing simple, straightforward, inescapable logic.
Somehow... I am not surprised...
Look... It'd take you a few seconds to confirm the 130 million, and from there it's just common sense.
I'm not going to spoon-feed you.
Why? Do you also wonder if hotdogs kill more children? How about detergent? Peanut allergies? Drowning? What does any of it have to do with the seed?
I found several sources and it is drugs that kill children more that guns. None specified if they are misplaced drugs though.
The seed is about children happening upon a misplaced gun. EA's comment is totally on topic.
Not surprising. When a child gets shot, it's huge national news. Drug overdose deaths are usually pretty hush hush.
I disagree. Drugs and guns have completely different reasons for their existence. It's a completely random apples and oranges comparison. Guns have one single purpose - to kill.
E.A Thank You at least one understand the need for TRUTH in all things, Much appreciated!
E.A Ignorance " Reigns Supreme " Once again.
See Pharmacia!!
Bob: This seed was about kids stumbling upon a gun. I think EA was asking what kills more kids when they happen upon them, guns or drugs? You're definitely right that guns kill more people than drugs, overall.
I understand that. I do not understand why anyone would want to discuss unverifiable speculation, when there's a bigger, and perfectly documented topic right next door!
If I were just a bit cynical, I might imagine that futile speculation is often a good smokescreen to hide serious reality...
E.A LOL once a M …. Always a SO do NOT ask Questions ... about unknowns we have a LOT of Knowns we can ask questions SO OBEY!!!
Why is it unverifiable? Children do die from coming across guns and from coming across drugs, there is a record of these incidents. EA seeks to contrast the two and I'm betting his suspicion is correct, that drugs kill more kids than guns within this narrow spectrum, especially lately with all the opioid deaths.
Keep your stick on the ice, EA, stay in the game!
Go for it!