Originally Posted by v8guy
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.
I wasn't thinking of trigger locks per se, but of something as simple and cheap as a plastic child-safety latch. A 50˘ latch on the cabinet or drawer where the firearm is kept. It just seems so...pitiful...that a 50˘ latch could have saved that young girl's life.
And yes, I absolutely agree... the uncle of the shooter [to whom the .38 was registered] should have been vigorously prosecuted for depraved indifference or criminally negligent homicide.