A 3-year-old boy, one bullet and two victims in a motel

#albuquerque #motel #handgun #toddler It was an accident no doubt but, the fact remains that easy availability of guns in America is leading to avoidable incidents. The latest in the series is that of a three-year-old boy who has wounded both of his parents as reported in news.sky.com dated 1 February 2015. He had fired a single bullet from a gun that he had found in his mother's handbag.
It seems the kid from New Mexico was searching for an iPod when he came across the loaded weapon which went off accidentally. The father was struck in the buttock and the bullet exited through his hip to hit the woman in the arm. She was eight months pregnant, in the arm.
The incident happened in a motel in Albuquerque where the family were living.
As explained by the father, he was getting to order pizza when the weapon was fired.
Police found a 9mm handgun inside the room at America's Best Value Inn. A police spokesman has said that any owner of a gun should ensure that it is safely locked up, especially with children around.
It may be recalled that just a month earlier, a toddler of Idaho accidentally shot dead his mother – the weapon was a gun it found in her handbag.