Posted on 04/03/2012 9:45:08 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
HOUSTON—A father who is accused of leaving his two kids in a car while he shopped at a gun store in Katy told KHOU 11 News he made a mistake, and he wants his kids back.
"I regret it obviously. I feel bad about it. I didn’t do it on purpose. Now, we’re trying to move forward," said Gage Eason.
Eason, 21, and his wife, Hailie Eason, 21, met with KHOU 11 News after a supervised visit with their children Monday morning.
Child Protective Services removed their children, 6-month-old Cameron and 18-month-old Ember, from the Easons' home following what happened inside Tactical Firearms on March 24, 2012.
Cameras from the store’s surveillance system captured Eason looking at guns inside the store for nearly 50 minutes while his two children sat in their car seats in his van in the parking lot.
By time Eason left the store, someone had noticed the children and called 911.
"People make mistakes every day. Mine just happened to be shown on camera. It wasn’t intentional," Eason told KHOU 11 News. "I love my kids and there’s nothing more important than my kids."
Eason said he lost track of time.
"I have a hard time judging time sometimes, and I didn’t feel like I was there for that long, so I was actually shocked I was there for that long," he said.
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Kids are over rated, especially other people’s kids. Let the little buggers go a bit hungry or wait a bit while Pop has a bit of recreation. It is good to remind them they should be seen and not heard most of the time. Busy body social workers and nosy know it alls should mind their own kids, not someone else’s. I grew up when kid’s chemistry sets had all the ingredients to make black gun power and still have all ten fingers.
“If it had been a Hallmark Card Store and not a firearms dealer, would Child Protective Services have taken the children? I’m guessing probably not.”
Heck yes.
I live down the street from this store. It gets hot here. This isn’t Yankeeville. You may as well watch the parents beating them with a baseball bat and say, “Oh well, it was just once.”
EVERYONE here knows you NEVER leave your kids in the car alone. It’s against the law and the consequences of doing it are clear and publicly known. I have 4 kids, not 2, and if I can’t bring them in, I don’t go in. These parents are lucky their kids are alive. If they want them back, I hope the state requires more than an “oops, my bad.”
If I had walked up on the vehicle with kids in the car I would have called the cops and stayed to make sure the kids were okay. I don’t care if the couple is married, goes to church on Sunday and reliably votes Republican. Down here, that’s physical abuse and child endangerment and serious business.
Yep they would that is how government works. In the 1950’s my mother left us in the car all the time. It depends on the age of the kids and how hot is it.
I said It depends on the age of the kids and how hot is it.
When I was a little kid, my parents always left me in the car but took the dog with them.......
Heat danger: 500th child dies in a hot carSince 1998 through just last week, 500 children have died after being left unintentionally in a hot car...
Even on a 70 degree day, the inside temperature of a car can exceed 120 degrees even with windows partially open.
Statistics also show that these incidents occur more often with younger children--75 percent of those killed were under 2 years of age.
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What's the danger?
In addition to the risk of being abducted if they are left alone in a car, on a typical summer day, the temperature inside a car (even with the windows rolled down a little) can quickly rise above 120 to 140 degrees. Even on a relatively mild day, the temperature inside a car can get above 100 degrees. At those temperatures, kids are at great risk for heat stroke, which can lead to a high fever, dehydration, seizures, stroke and death.
One of the dumbest comments of all time on FR.
Actually, I've seen much worse.
I also think there was a tinge of sarcasm implied.
Did they have to roll the windows up and lock the doors when they left you?
The children were probably better off in a locked car than loose in the store.
Three places where men have no business taking in young children.
T*tty Bars
Gun shops
Tool Stores
If there was, my apologies for not getting it.
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