Thursday, May 05, 2016

This is hard to believe

In only one week last month four toddlers shot and killed themselves, and a mother driving through Milwaukee was killed after her 2-year-old apparently picked up a gun that had slid out from under the driver’s seat. Last year, at least 30 people were killed in accidental shootings in which the shooter was 5 or younger. In 2015, there were at least 278 unintentional shootings at the hands of young children and teenagers.

1 comment:

R J Adams said...

Hard to believe? No, Al, I lived in America for thirteen years and I don't find it hard to believe at all. America's irresponsible attitude towards firearms was one reason I couldn't stay. Such a mindset is totally foreign to outsiders. I'm much more at peace now in a country where you can read a newspaper or watch a news program and never come across the words: 'gun' or 'shooting'.