If it had been a Hallmark Card Store and not a firearms dealer, would Child Protective Services have taken the children? I’m guessing probably not.
f it had been a Hallmark Card Store and not a firearms dealer, would Child Protective Services have taken the children? I’m guessing probably not.
Yep they would that is how government works. In the 1950’s my mother left us in the car all the time. It depends on the age of the kids and how hot is it. Today you can’t roll down windows with a hand crank like you could in the 1950’s and 1960’s autos.... Not really a big deal though that he left his kids in the car.
>>>If it had been a Hallmark Card Store and not a firearms dealer, would Child Protective Services have taken the children? I’m guessing probably not.<<<
I think the kids still would have been taken. Leaving children that young, for that long is taken very seriously. I don’t think it would be as big a story in the media, though, as it wouldn’t fit the narrative that gun owner = bad person.
—If it had been a Hallmark Card Store and not a firearms dealer, would Child Protective Services have taken the children? I’m guessing probably not.—
My thoughts as well. I did that sort of thing with my kids. My mother did it with me when she went grocery shopping in the late 50’s and early 60’s. I remember it well because one day, when I was about five, I saw the lady in the car next to me put her car in gear to leave, and I pulle our car out of park (55 oldsmobile with auto) and the car rolled backward out of the space. I had the presence of mind to crank the wheel so it came to a stop in the middle of the path between the rows of cars.
No big deal. Everybody helped me, my mother came out, nobody was hurt, and we went on with our lives.
People meddle way too much today.
They would have been taken regardless of where it happened. No 6 and 18 month old kids should ever be left in a car alone for any period of time.
These parents are idiots.
That was my first thought too.
“If it had been a Hallmark Card Store and not a firearms dealer, would Child Protective Services have taken the children? I’m guessing probably not.”
Heck yes.
I live down the street from this store. It gets hot here. This isn’t Yankeeville. You may as well watch the parents beating them with a baseball bat and say, “Oh well, it was just once.”
EVERYONE here knows you NEVER leave your kids in the car alone. It’s against the law and the consequences of doing it are clear and publicly known. I have 4 kids, not 2, and if I can’t bring them in, I don’t go in. These parents are lucky their kids are alive. If they want them back, I hope the state requires more than an “oops, my bad.”
If I had walked up on the vehicle with kids in the car I would have called the cops and stayed to make sure the kids were okay. I don’t care if the couple is married, goes to church on Sunday and reliably votes Republican. Down here, that’s physical abuse and child endangerment and serious business.