It is idiotic.

That is best case, other thoughts just make me livid.
So, I'll go with negligence for now.

Their rights are more important than ours. Yeah, I get it. That's what they think. Their "hero" NOT-joe the-I-am-not-a-plumber-but-I-play-one-on-TV-news-clips spoke loudly and clearly for all of them. His rights trump mine. I get it.

Which is why I will fight and defy and obstruct and loudly denounce assholes like this - to my last breath!!!!

When shit like this happens, I always find myself mumbling - "President Obama doesn't want to come take your precious goddam fucking guns. I do." I'm a MOM. When the kids won't play safely or properly with their toys, the solution is extremely simple: THEN THEY SIMPLY DON'T GET TO HAVE THOSE TOYS ANYMORE!!!! I go and fix it. I take those toys away. Problem solved. Message delivered. Period.

If nobody guns, nobody else would "need" one.

... that someone with a deep conviction that only by removing guns from general public ownership will we all be safer and prevent future Columbines or Sandy Hooks might have planted the gun? You simply cannot discount the possiblity, given the strong feelings and the timing. Who ownes the weapon? That should be a matter of record, or was the serial number filed off? Find out who they are because they either planted the weapon or it was stolen and they as the last owner should be fined for not having it secured from theft.

For the record, tax ammuntion based on a formula of caliber and propellant. Find out where the most instances of gun-related crime is by zip code. Set up military style checkpoints and weapons sweeps in those areas. Confiscate all unlicensed weapons, including those where the paperwork is not provided. Arrest all those without documentation for the weapon in question. Track down the last known owner and fine them for allowing the gun to have been stolen in the first place.

. . . especially, "President Obama doesn't want to come take your precious goddam fucking guns. I do."

but yes, it could have been false flag.

Likely it was completely disconnected with the attempt to get guns and ammo banned from the stores, it was just some sick fuck getting his jollies by imagining little kids finding a gun and pulling the trigger and killing people.

Hope the store security cameras help ID the goon responsible.

You pay a guard minimum wage, you don't expect him/her to be responsible enough to carry a gun.
No, this is from some gun nut either being careless or trying to make a point.
Left it in the toy aisle where a kid can easily get it & accidentally shoot himself/herself and/or others.

Glad nobody was hurt.
But enough of this behavior & we'll get reasonable gun control in this country.
The gun nuts are making the argument for us.
John Lucas

They are in low paying jobs because that is all they can be trusted with? Really?

It might not be impossible but chances are you don't trust a gun to a low paid guard.
Because when you GET low paid guards you run a higher chance of irresponsible people in the position.
Somebody patrolling a Wal-Mart or Target is probably not gonna have a gun.
It's overkill. Puts the customers at unease.

Around a bank? More likely.
But the person at that job will only be a trusted guard who will most likely be paid more than the average guard.
They don't send newbie hires to jobs like that.
A person trusted with a gun at a high profile site either has experience in that field from another job (military experience) or has trained for it & has shown to be a more reliable worker.
Ain't no fresh off the street 21 year olds getting a job like that.
ESPECIALLY if they're paying them McDonald's/Wal-Mart wages.

Are all low paid workers irresponsible by nature? No.
But do you tend to get more irresponsible workers when you pay them low? You bet money you do.
That whole 'You Get What You Pay For' thing.
It's not to say that there aren't irresponsible people with higher pay but if you're paying minimum wage to, say, Secret Service workers, they're more likely to NOT protect the President than protect him/her.

I don't think that gun was left there by a guard.
Some customer did that. A thoughtless gun nut of a customer did that.
I would bet money on it.
If it was a guard, that would be his/her job right then & there.

If you saw a walkie-talkie left behind, that was a guard.
Not so much with the gun left behind.
John Lucas

They don't carry-or aren't supposed to. Oh, and they also don't want guns in the store. Banning guns in the stores makes their job much easier, doesn't it.

And abject ignorance.

teach those mothers a lesson.

...it'll be a race between the bumbling idiots, the outright psychos, and the hair-trigger stand-your-grounders as to who's the greatest threat. My money's on the idiots.

or at least can trace the weapon.


rocktivity

Lord God Gun always comes first

$300.00 (Saturday night special) at least, to make these loons look bad? Tell me another cheery story.

I don't think it's easy to get a 'clean' handgun. Whoever wouldn't want to just throw it away.

between $109.99 to $149.99, depending on the store. I still can't see someone spending even $100.00 for a gun just to leave laying around in a store, especially in a children's toys aisle, so a kid might pick it up and shoot someone. That would take one sick fuck and, if that's what really happened, I hope they catch, prosecute and jail the asshole for life.

"one bad apple doesn't spoil the whole bunch" is quickly becoming a myth, as it seems like there's a shitload of bad apples falling out everywhere!

Peace,

Ghost

Black market guns are a tad harder to trace, and I just mean a tad. It is just a myth that they are untraceable.

I would not be shocked if this was accidentally forgotten by a ccw holder or LEO, both have happened. My all time favorite was the air Marshall that forgot gun in bathroom in airport after security.

So I am not going to jump into ill intent until we have positive information here. Either way, bad apple. And as you said, it's now a barrel-full of them.

leaving it as a present

Let's see the video from that aisle.

And honestly, they don't care how many die. Once people start to understand this, I'm hoping the sane ones will get off the fence and demand gun control. If you care about your children, any member of your family, or even yourself, it's time to stop this madness.

But the NRA worked hard to make sure the UBC legislation did not pass. So, you tell me, how are they not arguing for idiots to have easy access to guns?

to think they aren't on video? Why yes, yes they are.

Should be easy enough to tra--oh, yeah. Nevermind.

Of course, such sensible precautions mean that we're nanny-state gun-grabbers, so...

,,,it was left there on purpose.

Cell Phones are looked for when they are lost.

And I realize that not all gun owners are psychopathic and sociopathic. But those who carry their guns out in public are.

They would want to create fear and anarchy to advance their causes. They do not carry about the innocent lives that could be lost because of their ways.

These people are a danger to society and even the NRA is backing away from these dangerous nut jobs.

busy accusing friends and family members of stealing his piece. In reality, he's just an absentminded, dangerous flake that set it down while looking at toys.

report he lost his dick at a Myrtle Beach department store.

A pro gun person could have left it accidentally but a gun control advocate could have left it to make a point about the danger of guns.
It would have to be a very deranged person to do such a dangerous thing though.

who's worried about guns taking the lives of children, left a load gun in with the toys to prove a point.

It's very fucking plausible and if it IS someone hoping to score points for gun control, they should be flogged for their moronic attempt to do so.

Probably was one of those open carry idiots who walked around with loaded weapons. It is a big stretch to think a gun control advocate did this, since the open carry idiots have been parading around with guns. They make themselves look worse than gun control advocates ever could. Totally agree with you.

No.

some twisted mind added water in an attempt to drown some little children.

twisted. Who does that?? UGGHHHH

his information with investigators. I'm sure they'd be happy to set aside some time for an interview

I've never seen anyone open carrying in a retail store.

That doesn't mean that such incidents don't happen, but what does this actually achieve? People openly carrying guns in a retail store is so rare that banning it doesn't change anything. If they're concealing the weapon, no one is likely to know anyway.

Dead kids are the price we pay, right?

Woo-hoo!!!

("Gunfuckers" in no way refers to any DUers or their loved ones.)

The ball is in YOUR court, Target. Time to decide whose business you want more...

C'mon! Just a good old American guffaw joke! You know, the kind Americans make all over the world these days, Afghanistan, Iraq, you know. Just a good home-spun laugh! And if someone takes it seriously, we can just deflect it by saying it was good old 'Merican democracy at work.

(sarc to the hilt)

A stolen gun sale done inside the store. Man pays for gun and is told it will be in a certain area and he can't find the fucking thing. He goes up and down the aisles but an employee finds it first. It's just as plausible as anything else I've read here.

activists planted the gun." Solid evidence of what kind of "open carrying" "despicable" idiot we're dealing with here.. as if needed.

UPDATE: 1:45 p.m. -- A spokeswoman for Moms Demand Action responded to Grisham's allegation with this statement: "The insinuation that an organization devoted to the prevention of gun violence would plant a loaded gun in the toy aisle of Target is utterly ridiculous. Moms Demand Action is solely focused on the safety and security of our families and communities. Only one organization has a history of bringing loaded guns into Target -- it's not us."