Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Minnesota Ongoing Investigation Safe Storage in Cars Texas

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2024

Infant and Toddler Killed in Separate Accidental Shootings Eleven-month-old Khamari Lang, was shot and killed in a car in San Antonio, Texas, by one of his siblings. The siblings, a two-year-old and a three-year-old, were in the vehicle along with Khamari and an adult woman, whose relationship to the children was not reported. One of …

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Adult Arrested Adult Death Adult Injury Child Death (18 and Under) Child Injury (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Georgia Juvenile Arrested Missouri Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Texas

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2024

Two People Killed, and Four Others Injured, in Unintentional Shootings Today A five-year-old girl died in an accidental shooting in Seguin, Texas. Few details about the shooting were reported, and no charges have been filed. A two-year-old in Saint Louis, Missouri, was seriously injured after shooting themself in the abdomen with a gun left accessible by 19-year-old Jeremiah …

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Child Death (18 and Under) Child Under 18 (as Shooter) Florida Ongoing Investigation

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Three-Year-Old Son of a Corrections Officer Dies in Unintentional Shooting In Deland, Florida, a three-year-old boy left in the care of his 16-year-old sister found a loaded gun in a nightstand in his family’s home and accidentally shot and killed himself.  The boy’s father is a Florida corrections officer. The children had been left home …

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Children and Guns

CHILDREN AND GUNS

Criminalizing the Negligence of Caregivers May Let Manufacturers Off the Hook It is quite clear from any rational child safety perspective that manufacturers should be discouraged or prevented from designing guns that children can easily fire.  Better designs can be achieved with effective external manual safeties, magazine safety disconnects, heavier trigger pulls or trigger designs …

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