A three-year old in Baker, Louisiana, found and pulled the trigger on his father’s loaded gun while his father was making lunch.  The gun had recently been purchased for the family’s protection.  The boy is now dead.

 It was unclear whether the boy’s father will face charges.  “I believe in gun ownership. I grew up hunting and fishing,” the Baker police chief said. “But as parents, we need to be responsible. … Please, please make your house as safe as possible.”  He added, “[l]ittle boys and girls are curious, and tragic things like this can happen.”

“With the snap of a finger, you turn your head one time and anything can happen,” a cousin of the boy’s father said. “With this situation, it hurts.”

Source:

Lea Skene, “Toddler Gets Ahold of Gun, Dies in Accidental Shooting While Dad was Making Lunch,”  The Advocate (April 7, 2021).