When I was 5 my folks didn't "give" me a fully operational, deadly weapon as a gift or present. (I had a 2 year old sister at the time also). As a 5 year old, what my folks did "give" me, (two wheel bike with training wheels, toy guns, Lincoln Logs and other assorted toys and games), didn't require being locked away from me whenever I wanted to "play with them", because they knew better than to give a fully functional .22 caliber rifle to a Kindergartener.
Even at 5 I was cognizant of what was mine, and what wasn't. If it was locked away, it wasn't mine...
This Kindergartner picked up his fully functional, .22 caliber rifle, not because it wasn't locked up, but because it was HIS. And then accidentally murdered his two year old sister... 
My condolences to the family, but Jesus Christ! A deadly weapon given as a present to a 5 year old?? WTF???
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