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15. I thought about that too
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 12:59 AM
Jan 2023

You could be right. (and you could also be wrong)
Example: loaded clip is sitting right beside the handgun in the sock drawer. Not loaded. And that 6 yr old is completely capable of slapping that clip into the handle. (And - while I concede the point as probably 'unlikely' - I'm not 100% convinced that a reasonable intelligent, and determined, 6 yr old couldn't feed at least a couple of rounds into a clip. Particularly one that has seen the task performed before?)

But, all a bit away from the point I was trying to make - which was I think the law is lax, and particularly vulnerable to interpretation. Leaving all sorts of room for end-arounds? (like sock drawers and true measures of 'security'?) And not necessarily in the specifics of this particular case. (where, as I said, I do think charges are likely)

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