[DesertRhino]

don’t look now,,, but clearwater and cincinnati are in different states. And as for the infantile desire to criminalize every tragic accident,, grow up. Cop or not,,, some parents should be prosecuted,, such as the ones who were drunk, were engaged in horseplay, etc. But everytime a kid does this,,, the answer isn’t always a parent rotting in prison. The guy has another kid,,, its senseless to compound the tragedy to placate the self righteous.
For most of this country’s history,,, people knew these events were properly viewed as accidents. You very rarely hear of repeat offenders after such a tragedy. They’ll suffer more than enough if that helps you feel better.

[TSgt]

Don’t look now, but I see a pattern here:

UPDATE: 2-year-old shot herself with reserve deputy’s gun (INDIANA DEPUTY - NOT CHARGED)
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/apr/21/crawford-county-toddler-found-dead-apparent-gunsho/

Ft. Wayne mother charged after her 2-year-old son shot his 1-year old brother (INDIANA MOTHER - CHARGED)
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091018/LOCAL07/310189904/-1/local11
A Fort Wayne mother who was charged with neglect of a dependent after her 2-year-old son shot his 1-year-old brother in the face with a gun. That toddler suffered serious injuries but survived. The mother told police she had the gun at her home for safety purposes.

[Joe 6-pack]

I don't think the desire is so much to see the cop punished as it is to see other people in like circumstances being cut the same break as the cop.

That being said, my personal opinion is that firearms "accidents" in the strictest sense are extremely rare...there is usually some element of negligence and some abandonment of common sense in virtually every so-called "accident."

Sure there are times when a weapon mechanically fails, an improperly manufactured round detonates in the chamber, or a freak ricochet results in an injury on even a well layed out and proofed range. Such incidents do happen but are rare. If people treated every firearm as though it were loaded (i.e. don't leave them where children have access to them), kept the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, kept their fingers off the trigger until they were ready to shoot, and were certain of their target and what was behind it, probably 99% of all firearm "accidents" would be eliminated.

[calex59]

People like you, and there are several on this thread, seem to have the idea that people want to jail this cop for the accident, when what they are complaining about is the fact that the average parent IS jailed for these types of accidents but this cop wasn't even charged, and anyone with half a brain knows that it is simply because he is a cop the he wasn't charged.

People don't want to see others jailed for accidents, they do want to see equal treatment under the law as the constitution calls for, NOT a huge double standard such as exists in this country now.