{"id":2674727,"date":"2026-10-02T12:47:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-cops-say-unhinged-incompetent-mom-awkwardly-held-gun-on-shop-workers-who-asked-her-child-to-behave\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:50:25","slug":"photos-cops-say-unhinged-incompetent-mom-awkwardly-held-gun-on-shop-workers-who-asked-her-child-to-behave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-cops-say-unhinged-incompetent-mom-awkwardly-held-gun-on-shop-workers-who-asked-her-child-to-behave\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Cops Say Unhinged, Incompetent Mom Awkwardly Held Gun on Shop Workers Who Asked Her Child to Behave"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphotos-cops-say-unhinged-incompetent-mom-awkwardly-held-gun-on-shop-workers-who-asked-her-child-to-behave%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2674727&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tamya Staten faces potential prison time of over eight years after an incident at a children&#8217;s clothing store in Indianapolis.She allegedly became upset when store employees told her toddler couldn&#8217;t play with toys, pulled out a handgun, and threatened staff. The police reports indicate Staten made threats while holding the gun improperly and showed familiarity with firearm handling. She was caught on camera fleeing the scene with a handgun tucked into her leggings, and her license plate was used to identify her. If convicted of charges including intimidation with a deadly weapon and pointing a firearm,she could face important prison time. The case has sparked commentary on societal entitlement and perceptions of authority, contrasting with other instances of violent or disruptive behavior highlighted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-wild-robot-a-family-film-or-transhumanist-propaganda\/\" title=\"Is &#039;The Wild Robot&#039; A Family Film Or Transhumanist Propaganda?\">broader cultural discussions<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tamya Staten might be about to spend eight-and-a-half years behind bars, all for threats made with a gun that, from all appearances, she lacks the capacity to use.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/fox59.com\/news\/indycrime\/indy-woman-allegedly-pulled-a-gun-at-once-upon-a-child-because-her-kid-couldnt-play-with-the-toys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WXIN-TV<\/a> in Indianapolis, Staten is facing charges after police say the 21-year-old mother went unhinged, making threats to employees at a second-hand children\u2019s clothing store after they asked her toddler to stop playing with toys.<\/p>\n<p>Charges were announced this week, although the incident happened in July, the station reported.<\/p>\n<p>From the Wednesday report:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>IMPD officers were first called on July 16 to the Once Upon a Child store on 86th Street after an employee triggered the silent holdup alarm. Upon arrival, an employee began describing how Staten had pulled out a handgun and threatened her with it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Staten had reportedly come into the store to sell clothing and brought her toddler with her. While completing the process of dropping off items, the employee saw Staten\u2019s child playing in a small motorized car toy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The employee told Staten that it was against store policy for children to play with toys in-store, and Staten reportedly said \u201cokay.\u201d However, the employee said she continued to let her child play on the car toy.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So then the employee reminded her again. This, according to WTHR-TV, is what resulted:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An Indianapolis woman is accused of pulling a gun on employees at a child store because they told her that her child can\u2019t play on the toys.<\/p>\n<p>Tamara Staten is charged with intimidation, a Level 5 felony and pointing a firearm, a Level 6 felony.<\/p>\n<p>It happened in July at Once Upon\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b2HPg66loa\">pic.twitter.com\/b2HPg66loa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ashton Hackman WTHR (@ashtonhackmantv) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ashtonhackmantv\/status\/2105278293154959645?\">September 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not sure whether or not to tell her that she can go to jail for pointing a gun at someone or tell her that she needs to learn how to use a gun before appearing to hold it by the grip below the trigger guard after pulling it out of her purse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can fight about it. We can get down,\u201d she allegedly told the employees after pulling the weapon. \u201cI can use this [gun].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not holding it like that, you can\u2019t. Anyhow, she then allegedly told her kid to keep playing with the toys and even showed the child how it worked. Considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-emerges-showing-alec-baldwin-firing-rust-prop-gun-teaching-safe-handling-days-fatal-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her knowledge of guns<\/a>, she probably ended up making things worse.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, there\u2019s the serious element that this appears to be a decent-sized handgun, which she shoved into her leggings before leaving the store, apparently unaware that she was caught on camera. Police eventually caught up with her because her license plate was captured on security video and she gave an ID card to store employees before the confrontation started, according to WXIN.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted of intimidation with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tesla-protester-70-arrested-felony-battery-deadly-weapon-counterprotester-ends-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deadly weapon<\/a> and pointing a firearm at another person, she could face over eight years in state prison.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s amazing the amount of entitlement we have in this society when people think that their kids should be able to play with whatever toys they want and are ready and willing to point a gun in someone\u2019s face to make that possible.<\/p>\n<p>This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retiring-democrat-congressman-gives-his-party-dire-warning-about-whats-coming\/\" title=\"Retiring Democrat Congressman Gives His Party Dire Warning About What\u2019s Coming\">small potatoes compared<\/a> to other stuff, in the whole scheme of things. We have insane women <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/homan-confirms-ice-agent-shot-renee-good-hiding-amid-rabid-leftist-death-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who try to ram their SUVs<\/a> into Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who then become martyrs to the cause. We have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/women-shouldnt-accept-third-place-in-a-race-they-won\/\" title=\"Women Shouldn\u2019t Accept Third Place In A Race They Won\">high school boys<\/a> stabbing<\/a> other high school boys because they were disrespected, and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-talarico-says-without-black-jurors-karmelo-anthony-couldnt-get-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liberals coming to their defense<\/a> just because of an imagined racial element.<\/p>\n<p>Rest assured, if this case stays in the media spotlight for long enough, she\u2019ll find some defenders. It\u2019s inevitable. Even if she doesn\u2019t, this kind of thing seems to have captured the zeitgeist of our cultural moment: <em>Oh, you\u2019re telling me to conform to the rules? 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