If you own a firearm, making sure unauthorized people can't access that firearm is your number one responsibility - especially if you have small children. Vincent Shelby learned this lesson in the most excruciating way on June 2, 2021, when his 2-year-old son found his loaded handgun near the television and shot himself in the head with it. Joliet Police Department officers … [Read more...]
Loaded Firearms and Children Don’t Mix
On April 27, 2021, a 5-year-old boy in Elkhart, Indiana, found a loaded gun in his home in the Four Seasons Mobile Home Park. The boy picked up the loaded gun and, while playing with it, managed to shoot himself in the chest. He was rushed to South Bend Memorial Hospital in critical condition, then flown to The Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis where doctors … [Read more...]