Kevyn

A 13-year-old Utah boy is dead after he was accidently shot by a 15-year-old friend, police said.
The teens sneaked away from their homes and met up at a church parking lot in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Jordan, said police Lt. Richard Bell.
One of the boys had brought a gun and it accidently went off early Saturday morning, k*****g the younger teenager. The teen did not know the gun was loaded, he said
“It is not our belief he intended to k**l his friend,” Bell said. The older boy called 911 after the shooting, terrified and wanting to help his friend, he said.
The 15-year-old was booked into a juvenile detention center on suspicion of manslaughter, but the investigation so far has shown the shooting to be a “truly unfortunate, tragic accident.” The teens names were not released.
Police wouldn’t say where the teens had gotten the gun, but did warn gun owners to lock up firearms in their homes and talk to kids about gun safety.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

"Police wouldn’t say where the teens had gotten the gun, but did warn gun owners to lock up firearms in their homes and talk to kids about gun safety."

PeterS

Hold the gun owner responsible and charge them with manslaughter. If you are going to be a gun owner then you have to accept responsibility for them.

PeterS

Boy, that should do the trick!

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

This was no accident. How many video games, movies and TV shows have kids watched that showed how to load, reload or check ammunition levels in firearms? The shooter is just 2 years away from being eligible to serve in the armed forces. Questions must be answered, such as;

Had the parents taught the kid to shoot? Where was the weapon stored? How did the kid gain access to it? Was the weapon stored loaded or unloaded?

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Definitely not an accident.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Both of my parents, particularly my father, were experts with firearms. My father began instructing me when I was 5 years old. Under my dad's close supervision, I fired my first shot with a Winny Model 70 22 Hornet and nailed a tomato juice can at 75 yards. From there, he trained me religiously in the use and the abuse of a gun.

At age 7, dad gave me my first gun, a Winny semi-auto 22LR.

Since then, I have owned maybe 50 guns (3 of them AR 15s), fired at least a million rounds, never had even an accidental discharge and never injured or k**led anyone.

Though I got a lot of deer, rabbits, game birds and such for chow and hides and horns.

Rule #1: Treat every gun as if it is loaded with a round in the chamber and the safety off. Learned that one right out of the gate.

The key to gun safety and use is having experienced, knowledgeable, and responsible parents.

American Vet

Over the last 25 years, annual numbers of gun accident deaths have decreased by more than 66%.[3] Concurrently, Americans have acquired over 200 million new guns and today own approximately 407 million guns, an all-time high
https://www.nraila.org/get-the-facts/gun-safety/

"On January 16, 2013, President Obama issued 23 Executive Orders on Gun Safety,[158] one of which was for the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to research causes and possible prevention of gun violence. According to this study not only have the number of accidental firearm deaths been on the decline over the past century but they now account for less than 1% of all unintentional deaths, half of which are self-inflicted."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States#Accidental_and_negligent_injuries

Top 5 Causes Of Accidental Child Deaths
Car-Related Accidents
Suffocation
Drowning
Fire-Related Incidents
Choking
https://www.scarymommy.com/top-5-causes-preventable-childhood-deaths/