A 14-year-old boy allegedly fatally shot his older sister in Florida after a family argument over Christmas presents, officials said Tuesday.

The teen had been out shopping on Christmas Eve with Abrielle Baldwin, his 23-year-old sister, as well as his mother, 15-year-old brother and sister’s children, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said during a news conference.

The teenage brothers got into an argument about who was getting more Christmas presents.

“They had this family spat about who was getting what and what money was being spent on who, and they were having this big thing going on in this store,” Gualtieri said.

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    9 months ago

    The solution is to examine how these guns got out of the legal system and into the illegal system.

    The 2nd Amendment isn’t going anywhere so you can take that pipedream off the table barring 290 votes in the House, 67 votes in the Senate, and ratification from 38 states.

    So what CAN we do?

    Well…

    #1) Hold gun owners accountable for storing a gun in something like a car that can be easily be broken into or stolen.

    #2) When kids are arrested for something like burglary, you search their homes for weapons.