Valnao4-year-old accidentally shoots himself in Burger King parking lot
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.
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!
(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.)
Every gun owner thinks they’re a responsible gun owner.
M0oP0oDarwinism in Georgia, honesty the only thing that surprised me is that it wasn’t a waffle house parking lot.
There’s a Waffle House down the road, as well as a McD’s and Bojangles across the street. The Glock being in an unlocked glove box with a 4-year-old in the passenger seat is just one in a series of horrible judgement calls.
Reminder that the states is the only nation where Firearms discharging in ovens happens. It is like they are allergic to basic firearm safety, In fact the last time I talked to an american they got pissy when I told them I would never have any of my guns loaded unless I was actively using them let alone store them loaded.
Wow, they are not even treated as big news deals, just guns loaded and left in ovens left and right
Really why is this not covered more, A literal baby was shot from a loaded pistol in an oven
_haha_oh_wow_Our 4 year olds need better training.