2-Year-Old Boy Shoots Both Parents Luckily, no one was severely injured in Wednesday morning i

[Demovictory9]

A Maine toddler who wandered into his parents' room Wednesday morning ended up accidentally shooting them and injuring himself, cops say, but luckily, all three are expected to recover.

The 2-year-old boy apparently spotted a gun, which was loaded, on one of the nightstands in the family's home in West Bath, picked it up, and fired it once, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry tells WGME. That one shot did some real damage, though: The little boy's mother was hit in the leg, the dad was shot in the back of the head, and the 2-year-old himself was hurt in the face when the gun recoiled, Merry says, per WMTW.


The three were rushed to a local hospital, where they were found to have non-life-threatening injuries. The couple has another child, a 3-week-old who was also in the room but not hurt, and the baby is now being cared for by the grandmother, who lives with the family.

"How the boy was able to pick up and fire the weapon is of great concern and is being investigated," Merry says. "This situation, while disturbing, could have had an even more tragic ending." The incident has put new focus on the Maine Gun Safety Coalition's push to pass a state law that would criminalize leaving a loaded weapon out that a child subsequently uses, per WGME. An "absolute crisis," is how the group's director described Wednesday's shooting.

https://www.newser.com/story/306109/cops-2-year-old-boy-shoots-both-parents.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_world_login

[Turbineguy]

1. The shot in the head

missed the vital organs.

[Demovictory9]

2. lol

[stopdiggin]

27. one shot. One leg, one head

OK -- who and what was the kid trying for .. ?

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I'm havin' way too much fun with this!

[Turbineguy]

28. A dirty mind

is a perpetual feast!

[Shrike47]

3. Sad news in America. Again. But I guess I have a dirty mind. Dad shot in head, mom in leg. Hmmm

[IowaGuy]

16. Not a whole lot of angles or positions to consider where that shot would be possible ;)

[Crunchy Frog]

22. Negligently discharging while negligently discharging?

[SoCalDavidS]

4. Better Luck Next Time

If at first you don't succeed......

[Diamond_Dog]

5. A loaded gun. On top of a nightstand.

With a two year old in the house.

How much more irresponsible can you be...

[underpants]

12. Just a loaded gun laying around.

Yikes.

[chowder66]

6. Where's the recall!!!! nt

[gratuitous]

7. This gun's so easy to fire, a baby could do it!

I'm glad Sheriff Merry finds this incident to be of great concern and disturbing. But ultimately, whaddyagonnado? Sure, we could pass a law that would criminalize leaving a loaded weapon out in reach of a child, but we all know that children aren't going to follow the law especially if they don't understand it, so what's the point?

[Crunchy Frog]

23. Pretty straightforward. Massive criminal penalties plus

mandatory loss of child custody in the event of a negligent discharge with an injury or death in which a child is involved.

Draconian consequences.

And they lose the right to ever own firearms again.

[orwell]

8. The problem is...

...not enough 2 year olds have guns. The only way to stop this unspeakable violence is to ARM MORE 2 YEAR OLDS!

What's next...assault binkies?

But seriously, these "responsible gun owners" need to be charged with something for leaving a loaded weapon on the nightstand.

[underpants]

11. And the dog

If the year old gets gun time so should the dog and if the dog does then definitely the cat too

[Rorey]

9. Idiots

I hope they learned a lesson.

My son just told me the other day that someone we know had a gun under his pillow. Somehow it discharged and he was shot in the femur.

I've posted here before about the time I went to bed and discovered my then-husband had his 357 Magnum under MY pillow. We had words. Many words.

I guess I don't understand the level of paranoia that would cause someone to endanger the lives of everyone in their house by doing something so stupid.

[Imallin4Joe]

10. Toddlers just need firearms training. Nothing to see here.

[underpants]

13. So mom got hit in the leg and dad in the head?

[ironflange]

18. Back of the head

That makes it even more complicated.

[Vinca]

14. Idiots who keep a loaded gun on a nightstand with kids around shouldn't be allowed to own guns.

[Crunchy Frog]

24. Or kids.

[Jerry2144]

15. People like that

Should have a life-long man on ever owning or touching a firearm again. The toddler almost took care of that. But once they get out of the hospital, all their guns spools be taken away and they should be placed on a list blocking them from ever owning a gun

[Hassin Bin Sober]

17. Toddlers Killed More Americans than Terrorists in 2015

Toddlers Killed More Americans than Terrorists in 2015

Statistics about the numbers of toddlers killed versus terrorism victims depend on the definitions of "toddlers" and "terrorism."


Toddlers Involved in More Shootings Than Terrorists in 2015

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/toddlers-involved-in-more_b_8650536

[Crunchy Frog]

26. Toddlers didn't kill anyone. It was negligent adults in charge of both toddlers and guns.

[cinematicdiversions]

19. Lee Harvey Oswald Jr?

That one shot did some real damage, though: The little boy's mother was hit in the leg, the dad was shot in the back of the head, and the 2-year-old himself was hurt in the face when the gun recoiled, Merry says, per WMTW.

[Midnight Writer]

25. Ballistic expert A Spector recreated the scene.

[CanisCrocinus]

20. If only

If only the parents and the 3-week-old had guns of their own, all this could have been avoided....

[Crunchy Frog]

21. I kind of think maybe both children would have been better off

If both of those parents were gone.

This level of murderous negligence is absolutely inexcusable and unacceptable. They obviously love their guns more than they love their own babies.

At minimum they should lose custody and have their parental rights completely severed.