A 3-year-old boy is dead after shooting himself in the head early Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
The boy was visiting a relative at a home in the 1500 block of Derby Lane, about four miles southeast of Guthrie. He found a loaded handgun in a bedroom, Logan County sheriff's Capt. Richard Stephens said.I don't care if you divide the number of accidental shootings by all the guns in the whole world, they're still too many. I say this because they are PREVENTABLE.
Stephens said the call came in just after noon. He said criminal charges will not be filed.
The first thing that needs to change is the nonchalance with which we treat so-called gun accidents. Then we need to adopt a one-strike-you're-out policy so at least we'll cut down on the repeat offenders. And finally, we need proper gun control laws, a comprehensive system which is long overdue.
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