A Michigan man whose 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver last week pleaded not guilty after becoming the first person charged under the state’s new law requiring safe storage of guns.
Michael Tolbert, 44, of Flint, was arraigned Monday on nine felony charges including single counts of first-degree child abuse and violation of Michigan’s gun storage law, said John Potbury, Genesee County’s deputy chief assistant prosecuting attorney.
Tolbert’s daughter remained hospitalized Wednesday in critical condition from the Feb. 14 shooting, Potbury said. The youngster shot herself the day after Michigan’s new safe storage gun law took effect.
I told my 19-year-old sister-in-law that toddlers are kill-myself machines, she has a 2-year old who’s always getting into the cabinets under this sink. She said that I was over reacting. I can’t wait to show her this.
Let’s be real, a 19 years old having a 2 years old to begging with is in itself a problem.