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I have never treated a toddler with a self-inflicted GSW; they go to the morgue. The reason is because they lack the strength to pull the trigger with their index fingers, toddlers must use their thumbs. This results with the barrel pointed directly at their face or chest.
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1668308891350839313
Horrified? You should be.
There are so many times when I am able to intervene and offer public health advice after a cardinal event (eg distal radius fracture after unhelmeted bicycle crash).
Guns and lawnmowers are two of the causes of devastating injuries where presentation means we missed that chance.
Guns and lawnmowers are two of the causes of devastating injuries where presentation means we missed that chance.
If you own a gun and children will be in the house (yours or other people’s) secure your firearms. There is no hiding place good enough; it’s a gun safe or you are fooling yourself.
You should always ask if there is a gun at a house before you send a kid over to play, but you still need to teach them what to do if they see one.
Our rule: immediately leave the room, go find an adult, and tell them to call your parents right away.
Our rule: immediately leave the room, go find an adult, and tell them to call your parents right away.
CW: graphic 911 call from the sister who discovered her brother bleeding to death from a self-inflicted gunshot wound courtesy of the gun his father, a corrections officer, left in a nightstand
abcnews.go.com/US/3-year-boy-…
abcnews.go.com/US/3-year-boy-…
It should be a never event, but there are more guns than adults here in the US, so this is our reality.
I know the #2A folks love their kids, but they've been brainwashed that their guns "need to be available" and so we get stories like this every few months
I know the #2A folks love their kids, but they've been brainwashed that their guns "need to be available" and so we get stories like this every few months
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