Ohio boy, 3, shoots self in head

[Glaug-Eldare]

23. Secured is still far, far better than unsecured.

Assuming that kids remain at ground level is asking for trouble. They use ladders, climb on furniture, get bigger friends to help, etc. Besides that, if leaving the gun there becomes a habit, it may not change when the kid is big enough to reach it by themselves. If there are children around, it is nothing less than a moral obligation to separate them from firearms when you're not there to supervise them.