"Parents are so naive," Jiggetts said. "They have to understand that it's not OK to have guns in their houses unless they are locked."
Yeah, right.
I've managed to raise two children just fine, and so have millions of others. Point being, by the time a boy is 14, a household that practiced true "gun safety" would have produced a marksman capable of giving the old man a run for his money.
And by the way--who did the shotgun belong to? How the hell do you investigate the death of a child without determining that?
This may seem harsh--I can't imagine this woman's agony. But my natural sympathy is tempered by seeing her point her finger outward, and that does nothing but help empower those intent on placing mandates over the rest of us who had nothing to do with this.
It also provides fodder for "Authorized Journalists" like Luz Lazo and Julian Walker to appeal to the weak-minded among their readers with another agenda-driven sob story, so that even more reason-free, feelings-based edicts can be demanded.