Anonymous wrote:Orangeburg, SC
Deputies believe the child's father had car trouble earlier in the day, and called his wife to pick him up. Before he left the car behind, officers say the father took his gun out of the car and put it into his wife's car, where his son was a passenger. Deputies say as the father was at Sunshine Recycling trying to find a part to repair his car, the child grabbed the gun. “At this time, we are praying and thinking about this child who we believe at this point shot himself after a series of events that placed him next to a loaded weapon,” Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said. “It’s just tragic and we’re pulling for him to make a full recovery.”
Anonymous wrote:Orangeburg, SC
Deputies believe the child's father had car trouble earlier in the day, and called his wife to pick him up. Before he left the car behind, officers say the father took his gun out of the car and put it into his wife's car, where his son was a passenger. Deputies say as the father was at Sunshine Recycling trying to find a part to repair his car, the child grabbed the gun. “At this time, we are praying and thinking about this child who we believe at this point shot himself after a series of events that placed him next to a loaded weapon,” Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said. “It’s just tragic and we’re pulling for him to make a full recovery.”

Anonymous wrote:2-year-old NC boy accidentally shoots himself with parents’ gun
POSTED 10:56 AM, FEBRUARY 21, 2017
The child’s mother told FOX8’s Michael Hennessey the gun was placed in their truck on Saturday so the child’s father could put down an animal on the farm. On Sunday [the next day], the family was playing outside, the mom said. They needed to do some work on the farm and the child was in the truck with his father as they went to a garage on the property to get some equipment.
http://myfox8.com/2017/02/21/2-year-old-boy-accidentally-shoots-himself-with-parents-gun/
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thank you for this thread. My husband owns firearms. They are kept in a locked safe when they are not on his person (and he doesn't carry if he's drinking, horsing around with the kids, etc). Since my brother used to find my dad's revolver and point it at me when we were kids, this is a zero tolerance issue for me.
I also practice extended rear facing in properly installed Carseats and forced the kids to take swimming lessons until they were competent. See? Not mutually exclusive.
I'm fine with people owning guns for protection. I'm also sick and tired of babies dying because of this shit. We need more research into this, like we have on drowning and car seats. Doctors should ask every parent at every appointment if there are guns in the home and how they are secured. There are things that could be done other than a blanket gun ban.
Anonymous wrote:Thank you for this thread. My husband owns firearms. They are kept in a locked safe when they are not on his person (and he doesn't carry if he's drinking, horsing around with the kids, etc). Since my brother used to find my dad's revolver and point it at me when we were kids, this is a zero tolerance issue for me.
I also practice extended rear facing in properly installed Carseats and forced the kids to take swimming lessons until they were competent. See? Not mutually exclusive.