Ohio boy, 3, shoots self in head

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9. Meiko

Meiko

This case, and others like it, is just tragic... And even if this boy survive it, he will always be damaged in on way or another for the rest of his natural life.. Because someone though it was a smart move to have a gun on top of a TV...

Most people I know, who have gun, have it in safe conditions, where no one, without key and lock is able to even touch the weapons, and even then, they often split the bits of the weapon, so no one can get out the weapon and start using it right away... And they also use it to hunt animals - not to hunt humans... Usually they are not even out in the "open" when not used...

You americans have some issues with your weapons policy - and even though on the books the laws is there, it could be more strict enforced than I believe it to be today... One thing is to have a "good armed militia against enemies" but even the old 1800s citizen soldiers was able to understand to take care of their weapon a way, so not a 3 year old cold shot himself... Why can not americans of today do the same?.. Weapons is far more dangerous today, than it was when US deiced to have a well armed militia in the late 1700s.. THerefore the laws should be strict - to have at least a safe, to have the weapons... And also a lock and key to the safe...

And I have never had any need to have a home defense weapon, thankfully enough..

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