Let's Talk About It with Jenny White/ Children and Loaded Guns Don't Mix!

American gun owners are still not getting the message that guns and children do not mix.In the last week, at least four children were injured by finding loaded guns - guns which legally should never have been left lying around where children were able to get them.

Police in Utah where a 9 year-old was shot in the head after finding a grandparent's weapon reinforced that all guns in a home should be unloaded in a safe, and that guns and ammo must be stored separately. If you don't have a safe then you can get what's called a trigger lock that you buy when you buy the gun, they are cheap. Or most police departments, you can go to and get those trigger locks. they give them away for free. 

One day a 5 year-old child was shot in the chest by a gun that was found unsecured under a bed inside a Detroit home, police said.

Every day in America, kids get their hands on lethal weapons with disastrous consequences. This young man said he was going to watch cartoons. Instead, he opened his dad's gun safe. He reached up and took the key, opened the cabinet door and pulled a .357 magnum revolver with a snub nose. In a safe packed with rifles, it was the only loaded firearm. Tyler then sat on the floor and faced a mirror, gripping the pistol in his left hand. He raised the barrel to his temple and pulled the trigger.