Accidental Shooting in Colorado - 14-Year-old Shooter Arrested Not the Gun Owner

SF Gate reports

A 14-year-old boy is being held at a juvenile detention center after police say his 12-year-old relative was accidentally shot at a Lakewood home.

The older boy is being held for investigation of theft and possession of a gun by a minor.

Police Detective Ryan Mckone says the boys found a handgun in the home, and the older boy accidentally fired a shot while the two were playing with the weapon. Mckone added that it appears adults were in the home at the time.

What do you suppose that means, the adults were at home? Are they saying that because they were in the home at the time it doesn't count for leaving the kids alone with an unsecured gun?

You see, this is one of the big problems in places like Colorado. Gun owners are not held responsible for the security of their weapons. When kids get hurt, the kids are blamed, which by the way puts the lie to all the talk of education and demystifying the firearms.

So, yes, I blame the parents or the gun owner. But you know who else is at fault here? It's the gun-rights fanatics who continually say things like, "there's nothing more useless than an unloaded gun," or, "when seconds count the police are minutes away."

These paranoid ideas encourage the more frightened and insecure folks to keep guns loaded and easily accessible. To their way of thinking, you never know when a band of escaped murder-rapists is going to smash in your front door leaving you only a few seconds to defend yourself.

Guns need to be safely stored under lock and key. Whenever a kid gets hurt with a gun, an adult should be in jail.

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Cross posted at Mikeb302000