I admit that I’m somewhat afraid of what I might find in my couch. But not this kind of afraid:
A Lake County couple has been arrested on child neglect charges after deputies say a 4-year-old shot off a portion of his finger with a gun he found in the couch.
Donald Greeson, 40, initially told deputies on Sunday he left the gun on top of the entertainment center at their home on Georgia Road in Altoona, according to the report. Greeson later told deputies he had set the gun on the couch, and that he had smoked marijuana and took prescription pills the day before the shooting incident.
The child told authorities he knew the gun was in the couch because he had seen an adult in the home place it there the night before, according to the report. The 4-year-old said he took it from the couch and went outside, where it went off, shooting off a portion of his left finger.
Yes, there are many children whose parents are responsible gun owners. But what about the many children whose gun-owning parents aren’t responsible?
At the risk of repeating myself, guns don’t make you safer.