In Detroit, Michigan, a nine-year old boy was accidentally shot and seriously injured as his father was checking the chamber on his gun to make sure it was unloaded.  Police arrested the father even as the boy remained hospitalized.

“What we know about this story so far is no doubt it’s tragic and it’s unfortunate this is something I hear about way too often,” said Chad King, a firearms safety instructor and president of the Black Bottom Gun Club.  “The basics of firearm safety are to always make sure you treat a firearm like it’s loaded and clear it every time you pick it up,” King added. “Ancillary and next to that is you make sure you never point a firearm in a direction that’s not safe.”

Source:

Jack Nissen, “9-year-old Boy Shot by Father in Accident as He Was Cleaning his Gun,” Fox2 Detroit (December 10, 2020).