Wichita Pellet Gun Accident - 5-Year-old Seriously Injured - Dad Arrested

Local news reports

Wichita police say a 26-year-old man has been arrested after a 5-year-old boy was accidentally shot in the head with a pellet gun. 

Wichita police Lt. Doug Nolte says the man’s 5-year-old son picked up the pellet gun and pulled the trigger on Sunday. A pellet penetrated the child’s skull.

Nolte says the father of the shooter left the pump-action pellet gun on a table after returning home from hunting.

The father was arrested on suspicion of offenses that include aggravated child endangerment and obstructing arrest.

You see what happened there? "Obstructing arrest" was where he went wrong.  Gun fanatics can let their kids shoot themselves all day long and not get arrested, but if you mess with the police when they come by lying or hiding evidence, you're bound to end up in the pokey.

What's your opinion?  He sounds like another lawful gun owner, don't you think?  Anyone idiot can own one of those pellet guns, right?  He could have had a concealed carry permit too, for all I know. No one checks on that.

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