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AnonymousJK-yes there are reports of those accidents and there caused by those that dont store their firearms properly. But i believe that vast(like 99%) majority are very careful when storing firearms. Everyone i know infact has either a safe, or some kind of lock that would keep an adult from getting to it without proper tools, let alone a young kid. There will always be some story about some kid in a hicktown shooting himself with his pops rifle. but if you really want to get to the root of the problem, it was terrible parenting. Any parent thats too stupid to lock their firearms up around their children has no business having children. Guns dont kill people, people kill people. Even in accidental shootings like that, its someones ignorance that was the cause. Placing the blame on the firearms is the easy thing to do. But the real problem wasnt the gun, a five dollar magazine/cylinder lock couldve prevented all of those accidental shootings. You would think anyone interested in owning a firearm would educate themselves, but i guess thats asking to much of some people. Some states do have mandatory training to own a firearm, i dont know statictics on gun accidents in those states but maybe thats helped.