Letters to the Editor: The cost of the gun lobby lie: An infant's life (via latimesopinion )
I imagine the gun owner left the firearm accessible and loaded for defense against a potential intruder. The reality is that a baby is dead in a preventable tragedy.
Gun owners have a responsibility to protect others from harm caused by their firearm. A gun in the home should be unloaded, locked and the ammunition locked separately, yet an estimated 4.6 million American children live in a home with access to an unsafe firearm.Millions of gun owners believe the lie that a gun makes them safer, but research tells a grimmer story. A gun in the home increases the risk of firearm homicide, suicide and unintentional shootings.
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