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Two Toddlers Shoot Their Siblings
Two different toddlers shot their siblings in two different states.
A four-year-old in Las Vegas shot his two-year-old sister. The girl is in critical condition. Local police said that “the father was home at the time and the gun appears to have been improperly secured.”
A three-year-old South Carolina boy shot his four-year-old brother. The older boy is “expected to make a full recovery” according to local police. This time the gun was found under the bed at the home of “a family friend” according to the BBC.
Let me reiterate this crucial detail. In both cases, the toddlers found a loaded gun somewhere in the house they were in.
Hopefully everyone will survive these incidents. But the obvious question whenever this happens is why it happened at all. Why have a loaded 9mm handgun at home? Hunting? Protection? Well, then why is it somewhere that a four-year-old can find it?
Ugh. I’ll say again that hopefully everybody survives. And that the guns are locked up next time. Or better yet, not in the house at all.
Source: BBC
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2 Comments
Anonymous commented on Jul 29 09 at 3:40 amBetter question: why weren’t the parents watching the kids? I would love for you to show one instance where a gun got up of its own volition and shot somebody. I was around unsecured, loaded guns from the time I was born, but you know what, I didn’t touch one until I was 16 – those were the house rules. Leave the majority of gun owners, who are responsible and generally teach their kids which end is dangerous, alone.
Simply commented on May 05 11 at 12:23 amI must concur with anonymous. I keep weapons in my home and though 2 of my 3 children are adults now, when they were growing up, they understood that guns were not to be touched ever. Period. My youngest understands this, as well. As to when we have other children in our home, they are not allowed to play in the area where weapons are. Finally, my older children knew and my younger one knows now that if they are ever playing at a friend’s house and the friend takes out mommy’s or daddy’s weapon that they go and tell the parent. It’s an issue of parental responsibility and teaching your children what is safe and what is not.
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