Two teenage brothers were arrested following a dispute over Christmas presents that led to the fatal shooting of their 23-year-old sister, Abrielle Baldwin, according to Florida law enforcement https://t.co/dU6KwTyxny pic.twitter.com/2wQFNNBKLk

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There are lots of people in the comments blaming the guns, gun culture, MAGA, the Republicans, and the NRA.

Let’s dig into the story.  The headline is terrible.

14-year-old allegedly kills sister over Christmas gifts argument

But the devil is in the details.

Two male Florida siblings have been arrested and charged after one of them allegedly fatally shot their sister amid a Christmas Eve argument over presents. The second brother then allegedly shot the other for shooting their sister.

A 14-year-old brother is accused of fatally shooting his 23-year-old sister, Abrielle Baldwin, in the chest, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. His 15-year-old sibling then allegedly shot him in response.

According to Gualtieri, the younger brother was jealous that their mother was getting his older brother more gifts while they were Christmas shopping, and a “family spat” ensued.

The family then left the store and went to their grandmother’s house where they continued the argument, with Baldwin’s sons intending to stay with her grandmother while she went to work.

The 14-year-old then allegedly produced a pistol and pointed it at his older brother, declaring that he was going to shoot him in the head and attempting to get his brother to fight him, which the older brother refused to do. Their uncle, who was also in the home, then separated the brothers and took the younger brother out into the driveway, according to Gualtieri.

Baldwin then allegedly told the 14-year-old to stop arguing because it was Christmas, which escalated the argument, with the 14-year-old then allegedly declaring that he would shoot her and the infant she was holding in a baby carrier, after which he shot Baldwin in the chest, according to the sheriff.

The 15-year-old then walked outside the home with another firearm and allegedly shot his younger brother in the stomach because he had shot their sister. He then left the scene, tossed the firearm into a nearby yard and fled to a relative’s house, Gualtieri said.

I have two kids.

There were arguments over presents at Hanukkah and Christmas.

Nobody in the family considered killing another person over that.

This isn’t gun culture.  This is something else, entirely.

According to Gualtieri, minors have been obtaining guns through car burglaries or by purchasing inexpensive stolen weapons on the street.

“In the last thirty days, we’ve taken reports where seventeen guns have been stolen from unlocked cars,” Gualtieri said.

According to people interviewed by the sheriff’s department, the teen brothers carried guns on them “all the time,” Gualtieri said.

Gualtieri said both brothers were arrested for committing “numerous car burglaries” in May 2023, while the younger brother has arrests dating back to when he was 12 years old.

This isn’t NRA gun culture either.

Also, lock up your guns.

Don’t leave unsecured guns in cars, they get stolen by garbage like these thugs and are used to kill people.

Clearly this is not the product of what the Left loves to blame. This is the product of their own bigotry of low expectations.