Florida toddler shoots himself

[pony up]

Every kids wants a toy gun and to kids that age they all are toys, no matter what they have told. My 4 year old grandson will pick up a picture of a gun first no matter what other pictures are spread around, even ones of himself. is exactly right - lock the guns and all ammo up, every one, all the time, loaded or not. I agree that losing a child, no matter how, has to be beyond any other punishment, especially if due to your own carelessness. I do not know how people go on after something like this. I don't know about jail but it seems that they might even want to do community service talking to civic, school and other groups, adult and children on the importance of practicing firearm safety. There is no greater obligation than keeping our kids safe.

[Riverpigusmc]

that's where that woman was raised. Sad deal

[milkmanjoe]

Sad story....I agree that no parent could suffer more, or have to live with more self guilt or self hatred, the time served will be a lifetime. Some parents eventually kill themselves to be with their children.

In my house gun safety started at three years old. On the third birthday I took each kid out back, up in SC, with a .22 rifle. We shot actual objects that would show the damage caused by a bullet, and I would compare for them if this was their or someone else's hand, head, etc. I played helicopter parent while they shot until last year, nine years to the day our youngest started learning. Today my sons helicopter even adults shooting. They can detail strip/clean 1911'a, Glocks, Mossberg500's pump shotties but not their bedrooms.