Why do people continue to let children have access to loaded, unsecured guns? I'm sure the grandmother didn't think the kid would pull the gun out, but maybe the problem is just that: the grandmother didn't think. She should be charged with child endangerment. If the child had found the gun in her grandmother's house, it would be the same thing. Allowing children anywhere near a loaded gun is negligent.

Quite the interesting themepic ... as for the Grandma...well.....it's a wonder her own children survived.

Guns should be used for either:

Target shooting.

Hunting.

Killing people.



NOTHING else. If you're naive enough to think they can be used for any other purpose (such as that warm fuzzy secure feeling) you deserve to be shot.

Damn straight grandma should be charged. I don't give a s**t that she probably feels terrible that she shot her grandchild - having a loaded gun in your purse is akin to drink driving.

This story pisses me off big time.

There's NOTHING wrong with guns, just with the idiots who can't frickin' keep them under wraps.

Well that is what is wrong with guns, they're not idiot proof.

Actually, there *IS* something wrong with guns. They're very dangerous when not handled correctly. I know that this is 99.9999% down to the user, but that's part of the problem.

Guns without the bad user haven't killed anyone, but because the threshold of bad-user-to-innocent-death ratio is so high, there should be far more restrictions on availability and use of guns.

I don't mind if someone mishandles a rosemary bush. Nobody's going to get hurt that bad.