Gun Safety

BEECH GROVE — Days after a toddler was seen on video waving around a loaded handgun, a gun store owner says there are ways to keep your kids safe around firearms. “The scenario could have escalated in matters that God only hopes never happens,” Garrison Burge, the owner of Beech Grove Firearms, said. According to a police […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Kandice Cole dropped off her two kids at a family friend’s house to babysit while she and her husband went to work. Shortly after, she said her 4-year-old son, Eric, found the babysitter’s gun and accidentally shot himself. His 7-year-old sister found him. “I am all for people protecting themselves their homes and […]

An 8-year-old West Palm Beach, Florida boy, who allegedly attempted to rob a grocery store with a gun he stole from his mother, will not face charges, according to the New York Daily News. The incident happened Wednesday when the child, whose name has not been released because he is a juvenile, reportedly walked into […]

A family in Houston is mourning the loss of their 19-year-old son, who accidentally killed himself while taking a selfie with a loaded gun. Deleon…

A Kentucky mother stepped outside of her home just for a few minutes, but it was long enough for her 5-year-old son to accidentally shoot his 2-year-old sister with the .22-caliber rifle he got for his birthday, state officials said. Little Caroline Starks died Tuesday in Burkesville, in southern Kentucky, according to Cumberland County Coroner […]

Al Sharpton railed against gun advocate Larry Ward on his Monday MSNBC show for what he called “changing facts” about slavery and “distorting” the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ward is chairman of a gun advocacy organization that’s hosting “Gun Appreciation Day” on MLK weekend. On CNN last week, Ward said that Dr. […]