Responsible Gun Laws Are Needed

I have read recently about toddlers getting access to a gun in their mothers' purses. In one instance it was a two year old, and the mother was fatally shot in a WalMart. In the other case it was a three year old who accidentally shot both parents in a hotel where they were living. The parents in this case were not fatally wounded. The parents have been charged with failure to keep their gun secure. The father was not supposed to own a gun because of a felony. The mother was the one who owned the gun. In the report on Yahoo they said that the child would not be charged. Did they really have to clarify this? Sure, a three-year-old child facing charges? Come on now. How many incidents like this does it take before reasonable gun laws are out into place? How many people have to die before people stop keeping guns in places where children can access them? There are people who say that guns are needed to protect themselves from intruders, but they are more likely to be shot, accidentally or purposefully, by someone in their own households than they are by intruders. If guns are kept in a household the gun and ammunition need to be kept in separate places and locked up where children can not gain access to them. People who have restraining orders filed them definitely should not be able to buy firearms. Internet sales of firearms need to stop altogether.