NBC29 has the awful report of a Louisa County, Virginia four year old who shot and killed his two-year-old brother by accident in his home on Tuesday morning.
Tyler “Ty” Aponte was shot around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 22. Authorities say his 4-year-old brother thought the gun was a toy when he accidentally shot Tyler. [...]
"It's horrible, it's devastating. You come into a scene like this and you see all the carnage. You see everything," said Major Donnie Lowe, Louisa County Sheriff’s Office.
Linda Eddy, a neighbor, said she has no idea how the children could have found a gun: "There is no way that they would leave a loaded gun out. They're good people, they're Christians. They're good people, and take care of their children and make sure they have everything they need."
Second Amendment advocates will explain to you that nothing here would have been changed by a law. And they may be right; but it’s hard to say. Stronger gun laws with more serious consequences might lead to better and safer gun owners. Personally, after having read dozens (and probably over a hundred) of these kinds of stories over the past three or four years, I feel like most people should not have guns.
When you consider that recent studies have put the percentage of gun-owning parents who follow safe and secure gun storage at only 15 percent, the chances are that these parents made a terrible and tragic mistake. It’s a mistake that they will pay for for the rest of their lives and it’s heartbreaking.