A San Antonio toddler has died after he was shot in the head by a gun that fell off a shelf, police say. Via KVUE.com:
A father took his 2-year-old son to CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital around 3:14 a.m. Thursday and told the hospital staff that the toddler had been shot at their west-side home on the 9900 block of Kents Store.
The man told SAPD that his son was reaching for something on the shelf and accidentally pulled down a gun. When the weapon hit the ground, it went off and shot the child in the head one time.
The child’s father and grandmother rushed the toddler to the hospital, and then police arrived and he was transferred to University Hospital in critical condition.
A preliminary report Thursday called the shooting accidental.
No, it's not "accidental." It's predictable.
It's the result of a culture that trains men to think they need a loaded weapon close at hand at all times, no matter who suffers. It's not a matter of color or class -- this thinking permeates the country. It's a mentality that insists men get to settle every minor grievance with a gun.
It's willful negligence.
