Can't Fault This Guy For Leaving His 5 Year Old Granddaughter Alone In The Desert With a Loaded Gun So He Could Get "A Few Drinks And a Cheeseburger"

NBC – An Arizona man left his 5-year-old granddaughter alone in a desert outside Phoenix with a loaded and cocked gun — so he could have “a few drinks and a cheeseburger,” Maricopa County authorities said Monday. Paul Rater, 62, was charged with two counts of child abuse and one count of child endangerment after the girl’s mother reported her daughter missing, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said in a release. Authorities had been searching for the girl by helicopter when her relatives told the sheriff’s office she had been found “all alone, in the desert” with a loaded, cocked .45-caliber handgun, the release said. Relatives then helped deputies find Rater, who was at a store and admitted to leaving his granddaughter alone, police said.

——–

Hard to fault this guy. Hard to fault him one bit. Why? Because sometimes a grown ass man needs to get himself a cheeseburger and some drinks. You ever spent a day with a 5 year old? They wear you out. They are a ball of energy, all jumping around, wanting to do shit. It’s like chill the fuck out, 5 year old, there’s a couch to sit on and a TV to watch. So it’s a win-win. The 5 year old gets to stretch them legs, and Paul Rater gets to enjoy a burger and beer. Now why the gun? Because he’s responsible, that’s why.

Yahoo –  “She was given the gun and told to shoot any bad guys,” Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio told Reuters by telephone.

If you weren’t on Team Grandfather before, you are now. Talk about being the best grandfather. He was setting his granddaughter up to be a hero. To kill the bad guys. To be the protector and hero of Phoenix, Arizona. Imagine if young Drew Sharp had a gun on him when he bumped into Todd and co? Things might have gone a little bit differently.