The child’s mother said she and her son stopped at Burger King to get breakfast when she learned that her dog had been run over and killed. She said that in her grief, she did not notice that her son had grabbed a Glock from the truck’s glove compartment.
The woman said the child pointed the gun at her and fired, hitting his own index finger.
Officers responded to the Burger King in Dacula, Georgia, where they found the child. He was taken to a children’s hospital for treatment.
Gun safety expert Tim Downing said there are a few things parents should remember to prevent accidental shootings.
WTF was the dog doing running around loose to begin with?
WTF was the kid doing in the front seat (which is illegal in Georgia, except when the back seat doesn’t exist or something like that) to begin with?
There are so many kinds of negligence going on here even before you start considering the gun!
(I can only guess this was an old-school regular-cab pickup truck with the dog in the bed, but what self-respecting hick still drives a truck like that in 2026? Edit: video shows the truck was an extended-cab; no excuse for the kid to be in the front.)
Not sure of where the family actually lives, but if they are at all ‘country folk,’ then it’s pretty common for dogs to be loose. I know in some big cities that I’ve lived in (in the southern u.s.) it’s even common to see a dog in a fenced in yard with the gate left open.
First of all, I do know where they live: Dacula is an exurb of Atlanta, about two towns farther out than where I grew up. It’s kinda country, but not country enough to excuse dogs running loose (not that anywhere is these days anyway).
Second, that’s all irrelevant because they had apparently taken their dog with them to Burger King.
Well i feel bad for the dog.
WTF was the dog doing running around loose to begin with?
WTF was the kid doing in the front seat (which is illegal in Georgia, except when the back seat doesn’t exist or something like that) to begin with?
There are so many kinds of negligence going on here even before you start considering the gun!
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I can only guess this was an old-school regular-cab pickup truck with the dog in the bed, but what self-respecting hick still drives a truck like that in 2026?Edit: video shows the truck was an extended-cab; no excuse for the kid to be in the front.)Uh, it’s pronounced “freedom”!
*laughs in hick*
Not sure of where the family actually lives, but if they are at all ‘country folk,’ then it’s pretty common for dogs to be loose. I know in some big cities that I’ve lived in (in the southern u.s.) it’s even common to see a dog in a fenced in yard with the gate left open.
First of all, I do know where they live: Dacula is an exurb of Atlanta, about two towns farther out than where I grew up. It’s kinda country, but not country enough to excuse dogs running loose (not that anywhere is these days anyway).
Second, that’s all irrelevant because they had apparently taken their dog with them to Burger King.
And not the kid?
Dog died… kid shot his finger probably gone… but will be fine… loaded gun in the glove box… this could have been prevented…
I’ve kept my pistol in the glovebox, with it locked, and my kids are all grown.
I cannot imagine keeping it in an unlocked glove box, loaded and chambered, with a four year old in the front seat.
Yeah that