re: Dumbest story I've ever read:"Should the gov...help stop hot car deaths"

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Am I only the one who thinks it's perfectly legitimate to leave a sleeping baby, (who can't get out of the car seat) running with air conditioning on, car. While running into a store for a few minutes?

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Yes but my wife would yell at me if she found out. The problem is similar to what Tuba mentioned: what if something happens to you I the store? Robbery and you get shot? Or what about a car jacking and the guy now has your kid? Probably depends on the area you do this.

ETA: you'll be fine in Blount County. My parents live out on Highland lake

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Am I only the one who thinks it's perfectly legitimate to leave a sleeping baby, (who can't get out of the car seat) running with air conditioning on, locked car. While running into a store for a few minutes? My parents did that with me....I'm sure your parents did with you as well. (By you I mean everyone). These laws are going to way over reach....imagine that.

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1. I was left in the car without a car seat. They didn't exist.
2. Our car had no air conditioning.
3. The car was not locked. We didn't even lock our house doors at night. I could have been abducted by a homo. But I wasn't.
4. My parents came back within a couple of minutes. I was fine. I survived even though I had no video games to amuse me. I just looked out the windows at the telephone poles.

The 50s were great. Freedom. Take care of your own damn self.