Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be a wanna-be gangsta. Domonic Gaines is apparently proud of two things: his baby daughter, Paradise, and his gun. Well, his BB gun, actually. Anyway, Dom thought he’d establish a little street cred by posing for a pic with the tyke and the pistol, then posting the pic on his MyFace page. His wife’s mom, though, is technologically adept enough to have seen the pic and was less than amused. Alarmed for the safety of her granddaughter, she called the local 5-0 and now Gaines is facing child endangerment charges. We’d love to show you the offending pic, but haven’t been able to locate it. Nor were the sleuths at myfox19.com. “‘It’s really been blown out of proportion,’ said Gaines’ father, Wilson Dykes.” We don’t know how the criminal case will go, but can imagine that Thanksgiving dinner at the Gaines house may be a little awkward this year.

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  1. The Grandmother better have a good Lawyer as I doubt she will ever be allowed to see her grandchild again after calling the cops on that.

    Thanks
    Robert

  2. You can say I’m judging the book based on the cover but based on th neck tattoo, I’m guessing he’s posing with a BB gun because he can’t buy a real pistol….

  3. I suppose the most important and unknown piece of info in this story is: was the weapon pointed at the baby?

  6. I’m wondering if we’ll ever get to see it. I think it’s effing insane that he’s being held without bond over a photograph.

  7. “Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be a wanna-be gangsta.”

    “Dom thought he’d establish a little street cred”

    What’s the evidence (or point) of either of these statements?

  8. So was he pointing it at the baby’s head? Cuz I’ve taken pictures with my son in my lap with a rifle across his wearing his best baby woodsman outfit. I’m nit sure if this guys and a$$hole or someone about to be railroaded.

    • …someone about to be railroaded.

      When wanting to make someone an example, and make a behavior generally unacceptable, one of the initial steps is to start out with someone who’s generally an unsympathetic character, and make sure they don’t have any money. You can now associate that which yo wish to regulate with people your target market already doesn’t like.

      Were this a cute, white, middle-class mom, no DA would touch it with a ten-foot pole.

      But now, they have created a new talking point for the Lardassian/RealRetards/TheVapid/whatever watchers.

  9. Wow!! Glad I haven’t posted any pics of my GF’s 11 year old daughter shooting her pink and stainless .22lr we bought her for Christmas!! My God the Dept of Himan Services woul have me under the jail for terroristic grandiose blatant child endangerment with a firearm!!! /sarc off!!

  10. Isn’t there any common sense left in the country? Well at least he didn’t show a bubble gun, he would really be in trouble then.

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  12. Finger off the trigger, pointed away from the baby. Nothing to see here.

    OK, the kid was stupid for posting the pic, and probably showed sub-optimal judgment for not putting the BB gun down so he had two hands for the baby.

    This is some DA trying to send a message.

  13. This is me DCOA’ing a 1911 with my 1.5 year old.

    Technically I guess you could say he is holding a gun.

  14. Other than the wannabe thug motif, I really don’t see a problem w this. BB Gun, not loaded, not pointed at the baby, finger off trigger… SFW!

  15. As the years go by, I think either I’m getting wiser, or the world is getting dumber, or both. More and more I’m amazed at how stupid things get. Granted that it’s not best to pose with baby and gun, but how in the world is that picture evidence of child endangerment?

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