Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forum'A wake up call': child-related shootings fuel Detroit's tough gun safety stance
Source: The Guardian
Filing charges against adults may be difficult as families are already
grieving but prosecutor Kym Worthy and others argue shootings are
entirely preventable
Ryan Felton in Detroit
Monday 30 May 2016 11.00 BST
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According to the Wayne County prosecutors office, these children were among eight to kill or seriously injure themselves with firearms in the county, in the last 17 months alone.
I hope this is going to be a wake up call, said county prosecutor Kym Worthy, announcing charges in two such cases and calling for a broader public awareness of gun safety.
Worthy also urged pediatricians to discuss gun safety with parents.
Id like pediatricians to be able to take much more action, she said, and notify, even just for a few minutes, whether its passing out a pamphlet or whatever parents on the dangers of guns being at home.
In the case of Mariah, Worthys office filed involuntary manslaughter charges against the girls grandparents, Frederick Davis and Patricia McNeal.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/30/detroit-shootings-gun-safety-children
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)I just wish the gun safety groups would get onboard like the firearms manufacturers.
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gejohnston
(17,502 posts)should every call to the national poison control center be followed up by a visit from the cops and CPS?
http://www.keepyourchildsafe.org/child-safety-book/child-poisoning-facts-and-statistics.html
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,565 posts)If you have children, having a gun at all makes you a bad parent potential child killer.
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TeddyR
(2,493 posts)I would say that if you have a child in the house then you should secure anything that might cause harm. Easy enough to secure cabinets or put chemicals where they can't be reached, and I don't think a loaded weapon should ever be accessible to children. Lock it, leave it unloaded, whatever, but don't stick a loaded gun under a pillow.