Okay, so go to the link below and read the story and watch the video:
A link to the story and video is here
Now, everyone knows that children can get their hands on all kinds of things and can get into all kinds of trouble. What has happened in this case is inexcusable, assuming the facts as reported are accurate. The father, obviously negligent, leaves his loaded gun on the bedroom nightstand and goes to sleep when there is a 2 year old child in the house. The mother, warns her 2 year old about the weapon when she catches him reaching for it. Okay, so the father was irresponsible, the mother was negligent. I have no problems with people owning guns and keeping them in their homes. I do believe in the right to bear arms. However, with every right comes responsibility and these people showed none. The father should have properly stowed the weapon or at the very least made an attempt to unload it while the mother should have taken it and placed it on a high shelf out of the child's reach the second she saw him reach for it. This is such an obvious case of a preventable tragedy that I doubt you'll even have gun owners and gun rights activists on these people's side. At least not in regards to the accident. This is straight forward case in my opinion. You have two parents who showed extremely bad judgment and maybe criminally negligent judgment (the outcome of the case has yet to be decided).
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