An argument over Christmas gifts turned deadly in Florida after a 14-year-old boy allegedly fatally shot his older sister.

A 14-year-old boy allegedly fatally shot his older sister in Florida after a family argument over Christmas presents, officials said Tuesday.

The teen had been out shopping on Christmas Eve with Abrielle Baldwin, his 23-year-old sister, as well as his mother, 15-year-old brother and sister’s children, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said during a news conference.

The teenage brothers got into an argument about who was getting more Christmas presents.

“They had this family spat about who was getting what and what money was being spent on who, and they were having this big thing going on in this store,” Gualtieri said.

  • rottingleaf@lemmy.zip
    105·
    10 months ago

    USA is not the only country with civilian gun ownership and carry being legal.

    So with such crime stats it should be your first thought that the problem is narrower (EDIT: and more USA-specific) than people having guns.

    Unless you’ve already made up your mind and now just want to somehow nail facts to it.

    • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
      22·
      10 months ago

      I didn’t make any argument about legal gun ownership. Guns are legal in my country and this doesn’t happen.

      Read into arguments much? You had already set your mind on what I was saying before you read it

      • rottingleaf@lemmy.zip
        3·
        10 months ago

        What if I told you it’s much easier to use and illegal gun when they are readily available?

        Seemed to mean that you tie availability of legal guns with availability of illegal guns, which is not wrong, but in a working system it is insignificant.