Michigan Gun Store with Inadequate Security Gets Robbed

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No Charges for San Jose Cop Whose 3-Year-old Killed Himself with Dad's Improperly Stored Weapon

The Gilroy Dispatch reports

The father of the 3-year-old Gilroy boy who accidentally shot and killed himself on July 5 will not be prosecuted, according to a report by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office which called the shooting a “horrible, irreversible mistake.”

Three-year-old Preston Orlando, the son of nine-year San Jose Police Officer Brandon Orlando, was in his parent’s bedroom on Kentwood Court around 3 p.m. when he reached into the nightstand next to the bed and accidentally shot himself in the head with his father’s Glock .30 semi-automatic handgun and the child died en route to the hospital.
 

The DA report indicated that Orlando did not meet the required elements of “gross negligence” in the storage of the weapon to warrant prosecution – namely that he did not “reasonably know that a child is likely to gain access to the firearm.”

But one thing that was not considered at all – either in Orlando’s favor or against him – was the fact that he is an active duty police officer.  

“People will always ask if he got better treatment because he was a police officer, meanwhile police officers will question whether he got worse treatment. That is always going to happen,” Rosen said. “So we didn’t treat Brandon Orlando any better or worse because he was a police officer. We approached this fairly and objectively as we would anyone, regardless of their occupation.”

It's true that no punishment could match the loss of a child, and it may be true that his work did not enter into it, but it's also true that he should be held accountable for his actions.

When a man does something like this he should never be allowed near guns again.  That's my opinion.  What's yours.

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Gun Locks and Zip Ties

Local news reports

“When you have children, when you have firearms in the house, I think you just need to exercise common sense,” said Knox County Sheriff David Barber.

Many sheriff's offices, including the Knox County Sheriff’s Office offer cable-type gun locks for free to anyone who wants them.

Johnstown police Lt. Josh Boudinot said they can also be found in almost every gun store for $5 to $10.

While Boudinot said that's the best way to keep a gun from accidentally firing, something as simple as a zip-tie will also do the job.

“Basically, all you do is just run it up through the magazine well, out the top, loop it through there, and there you go,” said Lt. Boudinot, demonstrating how to secure a handgun.

He said the zip-tie prevents someone from putting a magazine or ammunition into the gun.

“It's not as good as a gun lock of course, but it's something.  Something's better than nothing," he said.

Now, let me guess. I know the contentious, never-give-an-inch gun guys will have a problem with this.  What could it be?

I know, it'll take too long to bring the gun into use in case of need. Removing the lock or the zip-tie is just too time consuming when you've got rapists and murderers kicking in the front door.

Is that a valid argument?  Let's see.  If half the accidental shooting deaths are kids getting ahold of daddy's gun, that would be about 300 lives saved. That's if everyone used gun locks. Do you think 300 lives would be lost due to the couple-second delay required to make the gun available in case of an emergency?

No, I don't think even our most argumentative gun-rights friends would say that.

So, we're all agreed.  Let's make proper gun storage mandatory.  If a kid gets hurt with a gun that was not properly secured, the gun owner is held responsible, minimum punishment is loss of gun rights.  Fair enough?

What's your opinion?  Please leave a comment.

Accidental Shooting of Washington Mom - She's Dead

Washington local news reports

It was at a home on South Wenas Road that a young mother was shot and killed by her own son. But, it wasn't on purpose. The Sheriff's office says he fired accidentally.

The 17-year-old Selah boy got the nine-millimeter handgun as a gift. It fired while he was handling the weapon. After passing through a wall, the bullet hit his mom, Vonda Willis-Jean, in the head. She died shortly after in the hospital.

In Washington State, where they have so few gun problems according to the lying pro-gun voices, this is the 4th "accidental death" in as many weeks.

What do you think?