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Two-year-old boy shoots both parents in home
Activists want parents who allow children to easily access and use guns to face criminal charges as America’s “absolute crisis” continues.
A two-year-old boy in the US shot his parents with a gun he picked up from a nightstand.
The toddler’s 25-year-old father was hit in the head, and the mother, 22, was struck in the leg in the shooting at their home in West Bath, Maine.
The boy was hit in the face by the recoil of the gun, authorities said. All three family members were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries.
A three-week-old baby was also in the room when the gun went off but wasn’t hurt.
“The question of how the boy was able to pick up and fire the weapon is of great concern and is being investigated,”...
It’s led to renewed calls for parents to face criminal charges when they leave loaded guns around children.
“Children’s access to loaded and unsecured guns in this state is an absolute crisis,”...
“Recent events, such this past January when a two-year-old was shot by an older sibling in their home in Waterville, or Maine’s tragically high rate of teenagers who end their lives with firearms accessed in their homes, prove this very point.
“Let us be clear, this was not an accidental shooting. It is never an accident when an adult chooses to leave a loaded firearm unsecured, and in a place where they know, or should know, a child can access it.”
Local politician Vicki Doudera, who has sponsored a bill called “An Act to Amend the Child Endangerment Laws to Include Certain Unauthorized Access to a Loaded Firearm”,...