A toddler in Florida found his father's gun, then fatally shot his mother in the head as she talked to colleagues on Zoom. globalnews.ca/news/8109852/m…
Fewer than half of American gun owners consistently store all their weapons safely. theatlantic.com/magazine/ar
Fewer than half of American gun owners consistently store all their weapons safely. theatlantic.com/magazine/ar
That happened just this past August, shortly after we finished work on my @TheAtlantic piece on guns. Also in August, a North Carolina man who had not secured his gun was fatally shot by his own two-year-old son. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
@TheAtlantic Just two days ago, a Minnesota man annoyed by the antics of young people in a car in the next road lane shot and killed an 18 year old boy. twincities.com/2021/09/01/st-…
Most Americans buy weapons for sympathetic reasons: self-protection, protection of loved ones. But that's not what American weapons mostly do. Mostly, they convert moments of carelessness into preventable suffering and tragedy. Latest in @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
@TheAtlantic Unintended shootings account for only about 1% of US gun deaths. But they account for more than 30% of US gun injuries. And even a survived gun shot can be a permanently traumatizing and disabling event.
@TheAtlantic More here theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
@TheAtlantic August 4: A Wisconsin father left his 4 year old, his 2 year old in the same room where he stored his gun. The 4 year old found the gun, shot and killed the 2 year old. jsonline.com/story/news/loc…
@TheAtlantic These are horrifying events. But they are not freak accidents. Fewer than half of US gun owners consistently store all their weapons safely.
The so-called responsible gun owner is often just a gun owner whose negligence hasn't yet hurt anybody. Latest theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
The so-called responsible gun owner is often just a gun owner whose negligence hasn't yet hurt anybody. Latest theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
@TheAtlantic Some gun owners like to imagine themselves bravely defending home and hearth against criminal invaders. Instead, the gun can empower the gun carrier to escalate everyday disputes into deadly mayhem - like this over snow removal that left 3 neighbors dead. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/3…
Few gun owners are quick-witted enough to deploy a gun effectively in an emergency. In a study of all 198 unwanted home entries in Atlanta in summer of 1994, only *three* victims reached a gun in time. And one of the three was robbed anyway. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7769769/
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