Accidental gun violence isn’t exclusive to those with limited or no gun safety training:
Fresno police are investigating an incident in which a Madera County sheriff’s lieutenant’s 10-year-old daughter shot her younger sister Friday.
The incident occurred just before 8 a.m. near Bullard and Cornelia avenues. Fresno police Lt. Joe Gomez said officers found an 8-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to her torso. She was talking and in stable condition Friday afternoon at Community Regional Medical Center.
Gomez said preliminary findings are that the girls’ father was getting ready for work and put his handgun on the bed in his bedroom while he was in the bathroom. The magazine was removed from the weapon, but there was a round in the chamber. The 10-year-old grabbed the gun, “manipulated it” and one round discharged, hitting the younger girl in the lower torso. Gomez said the lieutenant immediately called 911 for an ambulance and also notified Fresno police, who sped to the home.
But there was a round in the chamber…good grief.
I’m sorry, but I’m tired of stories like this. The man in question should be charged with child endangerment, at the very least. It’s time to start taking gun accidents (really, gun negligence) seriously. Having the freedom to own and carry a firearm comes with responsibility.
Agreed. Stories like this are entirely too common.