Ohio boy, 3, shoots self in head [View all]

[Meiko]

From the article.

Knox County Sheriff's Capt. David Shaffer says a firearm was recovered from the house. He says the shooting is an "unfortunate accident."

With all due respect to the police officer quoted in the article, he is incorrect. This is clearly a case of negligence and whoever owns the gun that was involved should be prosecuted. Enough already. This is exactly the kind of crap that sheds a bad light on gun owners in general. If you are going to own guns then you must be responsible enough to know you can't leave a loaded gun lying around the house when small children are about. Now we have another child that in all probability will die or at the least be handicapped for the rest of his life because some moron left a loaded gun lying around.

I have been around guns all my life and when I was old enough to start a collection I bought a safe and that's where the guns stay, not on top of a television set.

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (AP) — A 3-year-old boy is in critical condition after shooting himself in the head.
WBNS-TV reports (http://bit.ly/KBZKiC ) that the shooting happened shortly before 6:30 p.m. Monday at a house northwest of Mount Vernon. The boy's grandfather, parents and two younger siblings were at home when it happened.
The station says that family members say the gun was sitting on top of a television.
Knox County Sheriff's Capt. David Shaffer says a firearm was recovered from the house. He says the shooting is an "unfortunate accident."
The incident is being investigated.

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