Folks I think all the parents here are smart enough NOT to keep a loaded gun in the house or at least a keyed safety lock on them. Monday here in my small community of Farmington, KY a 11 year boy was shot and killed with a loaded shotgun by a neighbor boy. The parents were not home, this is the 3rd death of a child by a loaded gun this year in my general area of W KY, S IL, E MO, NW TN. It's senseless loss of life. We knew of the family, but did not know them and the child was 1 year behind one of mine in school. My daughter knew him as Farmington Elementary is a very small school, it is difficult to explain to her as this is the first time a she has known someone about her age to die.
The boy that shot him says it was an accident and they thought the gun was unloaded, he is 15 and now he is charged with murder under Kentucky law. Likely to be charged as an adult.
Folks please if you haven't are ready teach your kids or young people you know to ALWAYS treat a gun as if it is loaded, always. And keep them out of reach of children, put a trigger lock on them or keep them locked up. It's just common sense and I hope you folks have it, you seem too.
My wife been up at the school helping the kids try to understand what happened and next week after the kids have worked threw some of their grief. a few of us dads are going to talk to the school about gun safety. This is something that we use to do in school when I was a kid, for some politically correct reason we got away from it and child death from firearm accidents have skyrocketed.
Here are the stories ...
11 year-old Shot to Death in Graves County, Kentucky15 Year Old Charged with Murder in Graves County, KYPaducah Mother Reaches Out to Murdered 11-Year-Old's FamilyHere's a pic taken last week, the first week of school.