Originally Posted by NorCal DC4
So here's the issue / question:
[b]For a fraction of the cost of 1 box of ammunition, a child-safety latch could have prevented the .38 from coming into that 1st grader's hands...and the fatal shooting could have been averted.
What are they talking about? Trigger locks? No gun should be left where a child can find it, unless that child is old enough to know how to handle it safely. (I had a .22 and a 20ga shotgun at 14) The problem lies with people in this country somehow not being responsible for their actions. If you leave a gun lying around and your 6yo takes it to school and shoots someone with it, YOU should be held personally responsible, as it is YOUR child and YOUR gun so it is YOUR fault and YOUR ass that rots in jail for criminally negligent homicide.