Child holding gun starts fight between Splendora couple (Texas)

[jpak]

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/eastex/news/article_770a1614-4a43-5379-a386-d3b7e3c44331.html

A disturbance that began after a 3-year-old child picked up a gun ended with the arrest of the child’s grandmother and a man. Law enforcement officers were called to a home at 26042 Midline Road in the Splendora area around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 17.

“Deputy J. Chapa with the Pct. 4 Constable’s Office responded to a family violence call ... where dispatchers stated a male and female were arguing over a gun,” states the press release from the constable’s office.

When Deputy Chapa arrived, he found 47-year-old Dennis Eugene Hollifield, who reportedly directed him to a dresser containing a loaded 9 mm handgun that was the subject of the argument. According to the report, the dresser also contained methamphetamine, multiple hypodermic needles and a scale typical of those associated with narcotics. A misdemeanor amount of marijuana was located in the same room and Deputy Chapa found a loaded shotgun leaning against a living room wall. Carolyn Garrison, 44, was found in the backyard.

“Garrison said she and Hollifield were arguing because he left the loaded 9 mm handgun on a nightstand and Garrison’s 3-year-old granddaughter picked up the gun and was walking around the house with it. According to Garrison, she became irate and confronted Hollifield, and their argument became physical, which Hollifield admitted. He also admitted leaving the loaded handgun on the nightstand, where Garrison’s granddaughter easily retrieved it,” the report goes on to say.

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[ileus]

1. Another gun victimized by idiot drug users.

[Upton]

2. This has little to do with guns..

and a lot to do with meth..it appears your love for both the ATF and DEA are once again overlapping.

[ileus]

3. OMG....I think I see a gun poking out...oops that's a black eye my bad.

[pipoman]

8. LMFAO

I turned the screen of these two to my wife and asked her what the charges are. She said, without hesitation, "domestic violence and meth"...

[Hangingon]

4. Maybe this post should be in the drug policy forum.

[ileus]

5. These are the types of people antis want us to trust our lives to.

[SteveM]

6. How 'bout them drugs? Do you favor continued prohibition of them as well?

[ileus]

7. What no love for the best JP thread ever...come on people respond.

[GreenStormCloud]

9. A criminal doing criminal things. So what is new?

Because a criminal breaks the laws concerning guns is no reason to take my gun away from me.