09-11-2010, 08:53 AM
she DOES look rather masculine.
i have to agree she was dead wrong, criminally negligent and liable, in leaving a loaded duty weapon where a kid could get it. no equivocation. when she came home to little kids in the house, that gun should have been placed out of any possible reach, magazine popped out and chamber cleared. or trigger lock applied. and yes i know a cop's weapon should always be ready to rock and roll, but there were special considerations here, ie, 2 curious toddlers. there are laws in many jurisdictions that cover this situation, and she was not immune from the law if it applied there. or even the law of common sense. people who leave loaded weapons where kids can reach them are PROSECUTED and rightly so. she was no rookie either.
i have known cops who have shot themselves while cleaning an "unloaded" gun, or even fooling around with one. we had a young rookie on my dept. blow his own brains out at his 21st birthday party, in front of his horrified friends...showing off his new toy.
i have to agree she was dead wrong, criminally negligent and liable, in leaving a loaded duty weapon where a kid could get it. no equivocation. when she came home to little kids in the house, that gun should have been placed out of any possible reach, magazine popped out and chamber cleared. or trigger lock applied. and yes i know a cop's weapon should always be ready to rock and roll, but there were special considerations here, ie, 2 curious toddlers. there are laws in many jurisdictions that cover this situation, and she was not immune from the law if it applied there. or even the law of common sense. people who leave loaded weapons where kids can reach them are PROSECUTED and rightly so. she was no rookie either.
i have known cops who have shot themselves while cleaning an "unloaded" gun, or even fooling around with one. we had a young rookie on my dept. blow his own brains out at his 21st birthday party, in front of his horrified friends...showing off his new toy.