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"Jacob Weisberg has one good piece of advice: Treat gun control as a health issue, not a moral issue. I have another: Target people, not guns."

I agree, it is the people who owns the guns.

Taking away the right to bare arms is not a good idea because the criminals will still have possession of their unregistered guns, but doing a background check on people purchasing a gun is a good idea to stop guns from getting in the wrong hands.

(CNN) -- A woman who was babysitting a 5-year-old who fatally shot himself Monday with her gun has been charged with abandoning or endangering a child, a felony, and jailed in Orange County, Texas, police said Wednesday. Bail was set at $250,000 for Melissa Ann Ringhardt, 19, said Clint Hodgkinson, chief deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

I can't believe the babysitter fell asleep but also can't believe the gun wasn't hidden better and more out of reach

The fact that multiple children are shooting themselves... and primarily in the head... is slightly unnerving. It's a good thing a new law is coming forth teaching gun safety to the younger generations, Missouri lead the way? http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/15/politics/missouri-first-grade-gun-lessons/index.html

President Obama unveiled his policy proposals for reducing gun violence on Wednesday.

A representative of the National Rifle Association will participate in a meeting this week with Vice President Joe Biden's gun violence task force

"Florida Sees Killings Increase After Passage of 'Stand Your Ground' Gun Law, Study Says"

Home Invasion Turns Into Gun Battle A home invasion takes several twists as the home owner ends up being taken in for questioning. Around 11:30 Monday night two men forced their way into a home at 85th & Underwood. Once inside they roughed up the homeowner, stole a change jar and took off.

SEATTLE - A 3-year-old boy fatally shot himself with a gun he found in a car while his family stopped for gas early Wednesday at a gas station in the western U.S. state of Washington, police said. It was the third recent shooting by a child in western Washington.

You guys are absolutely right. Why would the parents have a deadly weapon in their car? Were they that in fear that they would put their child in harms way?

common sense seems to be a dying commodity

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP/ABC News) - A cellphone video shows police in Indiana breaking a car window and using a stun gun on a passenger. Image from cell phone video shows officer breaking car window. (Photo: Kurtz Law Offices via ABC News) The video was recorded by someone in the car who's suing Hammond police over a Sept.

"San Diego police officials said they are asking the company that makes the department's cameras to see if technology exists that would automatically turn on an officer's body-worn camera when they draw their gun from its holster."

The mother of the Arizona toddler who shot and killed his 9-year-old brother told police she's previously let her younger son pick up her unloaded gun and practice pulling the trigger. The 9-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital Monday with a gunshot wound to head and died Tuesday morning, KPHO reported.

(CNN) -- The National Rifle Association's New York state affiliate filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in Buffalo contesting the constitutionality of the SAFE Act, the sweeping gun-control bill Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law in January, the group announced in a press release.

where was thee safe spot and why would they have it somewhere were the child could see the gun.

Why would a parent give a five year old a gun! and let him play with it?