In a recent article posted By CNN. I read about how a 4-year old boy, shot and killed a lady. This event happened because the boy "picked up the loaded gun off of the bed." The young boy's father was a police officer and left a loaded gun on the bed in reach of his young son. You would think that a trained officer would know better then to do something so careless. Also te article states that "no charges have been set" and that the gun was the officers "personal weapon." This officer should have some kind of punishment for leaving the gun out. The child did not know what he was doing and it's up to the parents to handle and store guns safely around their family.
     I disagree with this article because it tends to describe this incident as being not much of a big deal. Yes, accidents happen, but this was caused by carelessness of the child's parent. It is a very serious issue when a 4-year old has access to a gun that is loaded, possibly thinking it is just like another one of his toys, picks it up and shoots somebody with it. All of this could have been prevented if the officer would have properly and safely put his gun up. It is sad to me how his act of carelessness led to an incident so tragic.