Toddler Dead After Accidentally Shooting Self With Gun Found at Home

[pshift]

Toddler dead after accidentally shooting self with gun found at home

Police said they do not expect to file charges in the incident, which they deemed "a tragic accident."

www.newsweek.com

They state that the gun was stored properly in accordance with NC State laws. Really? I don't believe it.

 

[Zerex]

May have been a cop....gun in a safe place.....kid may have climbed up..........I remember 50 years ago when my 2-3 year old son was fascinated with sticking bobby pins into light sockets.....only took once for him to learn...all was ok.

Kids get into everything.

 

[tirwin1]

Toddler dead after accidentally shooting self with gun found at home

Police said they do not expect to file charges in the incident, which they deemed "a tragic accident."

www.newsweek.com

They state that the gun was stored properly in accordance with NC State laws. Really? I don't believe it.

The laws are probably pretty loose, as they should be. Personally I'm not in favor of any laws requiring storage because they can be abused by the government very quickly. Proper storage is common sense which this family did not have. A sad and tragic mistake. Hopefully others will learn from it.

 

[Willyone]

Storage, either or, right or wrong it is sad.

RIP little one.

 

[pshift]

NC law is indeed less restrictive than NYS...

§ 14-315.1. Storage of firearms to protect minors.

(a) Any person who resides in the same premises as a minor, owns or possesses a firearm, and stores or leaves the firearm (i) in a condition that the firearm can be discharged and (ii) in a manner that the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised minor would be able to gain access to the firearm, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if a minor gains access to the firearm without the lawful permission of the minor's parents or a person having charge of the minor and the minor:

(1) Possesses it in violation of G.S. 14-269.2(b);

(2) Exhibits it in a public place in a careless, angry, or threatening manner;

(3) Causes personal injury or death with it not in self defense; or

(4) Uses it in the commission of a crime.

(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person from carrying a firearm on his or her body, or placed in such close proximity that it can be used as easily and quickly as if carried on the body.

(c) This section shall not apply if the minor obtained the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person.

(d) "Minor" as used in this section means a person under 18 years of age who is not emancipated. (1993, c. 558, s. 2; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 11.)

 

[Acer-m14]

Safe Storage of Autos .. Then .. or Ban them ....

man runs overs his child with car in driveway ..

In Aug. 2015, Eddie drove his van home from work and waited for the garage in the parking structure to open up. He didn't know that 3-year-old McKaylee was coming into the garage to see him. Unfortunately, Eddie didn’t see or hear her, and there was a terrible accident. McKaylee didn't survive.



man this sucks