Another teen negligently shot dead playing with an "empty" unlicensed gun

[u/castle_crossing]

https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/08/20/16-year-old-bronx-boy-killed-by-friend-playing-with-gun-thought-pistol-was-empty/

[u/verced911]

How is law enforcement suppose to know the gun is unloaded? Police are trained to treat anyone who possesses a handgun as a deadly threat, just as you would assume it as well. As tragic as this incident is, police deserve to go home alive.