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Notice how the story implies, but doesn't say since it probably wouldn't be true, that most of the 26 16 year old and unders with gunshot wounds in Detroit were similar to this case, that is "accidents" due to negligence. I'll wager that the majority of them were deliberate acts, and that most of the dead and injured were closer to 16 than to 2. Mostly gang bangers, or victims of gang bangers doing a "drive by". The latter category probably accounts for most of the younger victims as well. This kind of stupidity, that is leaving a loaded , and probably cocked, gun where a toddler can get it, is known to be extremely rare, even in a hotbed of stupidity like Detroit. (Little kids are unlikely to be able to manage a double action trigger pull, or be able to rack the slide on a semi-auto, so keeping a handgun with an empty chamber, the one under the hammer in the case of a revolver, is the best approach if there are little ones about, and not a bad idea even if there are not, since the gun is about as dangerous as a lump of steel in that condition, yet can be readed very quickly for action by an adult.)

I meant to add that most of the "Lock Up Your Safety" rules in the sidebar are not appropriate for a gun intended to defend your family and home. But then that is the point of the gun grabbers. The say guns are only to be used for recreational purposes... for now..until that fails to stop "gun violence" then the sporting purposes too will be sacrificed "for the children".

I noticed that immediately. The implication is that accidential deaths by gunshots are quite common when the truth is that typically less than 150 childern a YEAR are killed by accidentally inflicted gunshot wound. Mop buckets account for more accidental deaths than guns among children less than 2.

By far, mommie's "boyfriend" is MUCH more dangerous to the life of a small child than a gun.

"even in a hotbed of stupidity like Detroit."

I've heard Detroit called a lot of things...but your description hits the nail on the head. Mayor Kwame thinks he can make a difference in Detroit; I don't think I'll see it in my lifetime.