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Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
I honestly don't know what's wrong with people
By Marty Watson, NBCChicago.com Chicago police received a surprise this week when they reportedly found a three-year-old girl holding a handgun during a routine traffic Police pulled a car of six people over in East Garfield Park, a community in the west side of Chicago, last Wednesday night . Two children were seated inside, with no car seats or seat belts, police said. When the officer approached the vehicle, he saw the 19-year-old driver, Queshawn King, making "furtive" downward movements to the three-year-old, the Chicago Tribune reported, citing police. An officer then asked the man, who was described as "nervous," to step out of the car. He heard King yell to the toddler by her nickname, "Fatty" multiple times. A police sergeant approached the front passenger side of the car and saw the child holding the handgun. When he tried to retrieve it, she threw the 9 mm weapon to the floor. It was loaded with eight rounds, but did not discharge, police said. King was charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon for having a loaded weapon inside the vehicle, misdemeanor endangering the life and health of a child, and misdemeanor possession of a firearm without a valid FOID (Firearms Owner's Identification) card. Besides King and the young girl, four other people were in the car, including another child, the 3-year old's mother, grandmother and a man who was behind the wheel. The other occupants of the car reportedly told the police the gun did not belong to them, the Tribune reported. King was subsequently taken to Cook County Jail Thursday after a judge set his bail at $50,000, according to the Cook County sheriff's office.
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
What's even worse than ONE complete idiot letting his kid have a loaded handgun is FOUR adults who were in the car with the two kids and let this happen! 
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| Posted 6/6/12 8:51 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
Posted by Mrs213
I honestly don't know what's wrong with people
Check out this story, too. http://www.lifamilies.com/chat/topic-woman-puts-gas-can-in-car-seat--but-not-toddler-741827-1.html
Gas can in car seat, but toddler isn't....  
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| Posted 6/6/12 8:55 AM |
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Tulips915
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
 How do people like this have kids........
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| Posted 6/6/12 9:14 AM |
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dctead
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
Seriously, what is wrong with people???
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| Posted 6/6/12 9:27 AM |
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patti08
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
The other occupants of the car reportedly told the police the gun did not belong to them, the Tribune reported.
Well clearly it was the 3 year old's.
Seriously, what is wrong with people?
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| Posted 6/6/12 9:50 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
Posted by patti08
The other occupants of the car reportedly told the police the gun did not belong to them, the Tribune reported.
Well clearly it was the 3 year old's.
Seriously, what is wrong with people?
You know, it's like when you go to a store, and the receptionist has some lollipops for kids..... they just happened to go to a store that handed out guns to kids, I guess....
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| Posted 6/6/12 10:04 AM |
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2boys4me
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
Between these two stories and the one I saw on Good Morning America this week about the Arizona mother who put her kid in his car seat on top of her car and forgot he was there and drove off because she was high.... I just can't. I can't believe that anyone can become a mother. I'm all for womens reproductive rights and their own body...blah blah but the fact that these wackos can reproduce as much as they want and there are so many amazing women out there who can't have kids just boggles my mind. Something is wrong in the universe.
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| Posted 6/6/12 10:10 AM |
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Tinyswife
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
People really need to have a license to have children. I work for a police department and a police officer pulled over a car with a 1 1/2 y/o playing in back seat no car seat and no seatbelt with a loaded shotgun on the seat with her. I just don't get people.
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| Posted 6/6/12 10:43 AM |
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
Who nicknames a female toddler, "Fatty"?!?! Poor kid, as if she wasn't already screwed up...
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| Posted 6/6/12 1:50 PM |
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PaddysGirl
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
I just can't believe people.
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| Posted 6/6/12 2:23 PM |
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MySunshine
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
You couldn't make this shit up if you tried.
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My main reason for being such a strong proponent of stricter gun laws is for protection of children. The chance of having a gun accident involving a child is a lot higher than the chance of being a hero in something like a home invastion. Letting a 3 year old even touch a handgun is just stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 6/6/12 4:00 PM |
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SpencersMommy
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
wow!
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| Posted 6/6/12 8:26 PM |
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Mrs213
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
Posted by Shorty
Who nicknames a female toddler, "Fatty"?!?! Poor kid, as if she wasn't already screwed up...
I know can you imagine? That is the least disturbing piece of info here
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| Posted 6/7/12 6:14 AM |
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Mushesgirl
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
Again, completely not shocking, at all. Nothing shocks me anymore. These horror stories are routine fabric of our country nowadays.
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| Posted 6/7/12 9:11 AM |
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APT910
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Re: Routine Traffic Stop Reveals Toddler Holding a Handgun
Ughhhh people disgust me!
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| Posted 6/7/12 10:17 AM |
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