thank you
like best friends we would hang out
every day after school we were playing
around at first we're just hanging out
playing with the dogs then he was just
kind of laughing just happened
my mom wasn't home because she was
working he was looking for something I
came out and said hey look at this
he's about to go now I took it
why did you want to get the gun I wanted
to show it to them that was awesome say
anything about whether the gun was real
or not yes he told me it wasn't real
didn't he look real he said let me do it
let me do it
short to figure out if it was actually
real and he had it to me he was just
kind of laughing and pointing it did you
hear one he was like messing with the
trigger and stuff
all right
hello
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I didn't know what to do
and what happened after you pulled the
trigger I went to fired if it was real
talk to me
can you tell me your son shot who's been
shot
a thing I was really scared right person
inside the letters
for pressure on the walls it's my best
friend he was saying call call 911
and from their tragedy unfolded come
before USA dick Cohen joins us live from
11th Street in Puyallup where the
shooting took place Lindsay
yeah Mary tonight police still believe
this was accidental and unintentional
it's a little after four because school
got out at about 3 30 and the police
came to my job I just gotten home around
four o'clock and my brothers isn't home
yet as simple Show and Tell led to the
gunfire it appears he didn't believe it
was real and fired the fired the shotgun
through one of the guns was not locked
up it was behind our bed I don't know
why do you know which one the shotgun
is that for safety maybe possibly from
my husband's perspective it was safe I
I'm not sure I don't know why it wasn't
locked up you didn't you didn't know if
it was loaded or not no I didn't know if
it was loaded or not they told me do you
have any children I said Jose and Eddie
and they said well we're here about
Eddie there's been an accident
and it was shot I said well where is he
and they said well he's at the hospital
but he didn't make it
um
I just started screaming
I received a phone call I could hear my
aunt screaming in the background she was
saying they killed him they killed him I
was like who you were talking about and
she was like Eddie who killed Eddie and
then the phone just dropped so my son
came home and he sat me down he said Mom
something happened to Eddie C and I said
what do you mean how does a child get
shot by a friend from school he will
just leave guns around for children to
shoot children
something's got to be done this is
happening too much
We Begin breaking news tonight out of
Goldsboro a seven-year-old airlifted to
ECU Health Medical Center after being
shot by an eight-year-old relative an
Elkhart family is grieving tonight after
their 15 year old child was accidentally
shot to death over the weekend
sixteen-year-old shikori Smith died last
month after police say a 15 year old
friend accidentally shot him a
two-year-old is dead after finding a gun
this is now the third accidental
shooting involving a child since a
six-year-old student shot a teacher with
a just this week an Indiana toddler
caught on a doorbell camera playing with
a gun like it Tyler Ellis you see here
is the second teen from the school lost
to gun violence in the last month
something I never want to relive ever
again I
go I get that phone call in my mind
every single day go home and look at
your own kids in the eye and think would
I want that to happen to them because it
could happen their son Christian was
shot in the chest while at a friend's
house where a gun was not locked up in
2018 Kristin's song lost her 15 year old
son Ethan Ethan song was shot to death
at the home of another teen boy police
say no adult was present the ER doctor
looked at me and said is this song your
son is unrecognizable he was shot in the
head
and my fear is if you see him in that
condition that you will never return
from the darkness it's no secret gun
violence in the United States continues
to grow guns are the number one killer
of children in the United States
more than car accidents more than cancer
we can't just stand by
we can't let it happen any longer
this is the corner
where I dropped off my son
in the morning for school the last time
that I saw him
I wonder
did they walk on the street
did they walk
power just starts racing
I can't stand the thought of it
it's the house
keep your guns safe keep your people
safe the new motto Advocates are using
to promote safe storage of firearms we
want gun owners to store their firearms
safely locked and away from ammunition
new technology makes securing guns
easier than ever
pop open could be opened by pin code
Biometrics and keys this is about kid
safety we want to keep Kids Safe there's
no reason a user should not keep his gun
safe a witton South Dakota family has an
important message to parents after their
three-year-old son accidentally shot
himself lock up your guns there's no
absolutely no reason to have a loaded
gun but then the kids reach children who
are killed are injured by unsecured guns
those aren't accidental deaths accident
implies that there was nothing the gun
owner could have done I think most
people agree that if you if you own a
gun it should be properly and securely
stored
I watched my little boy's life leave his
body
if I had taken the extra step to put it
in a lock box for a safe or one of these
dollar fifty gun locks on my pistol my
son would still be here a new study says
thousands of young lives could be saved
if adults took proper care of their
weapons and there is a growing movement
to lock up parents who don't lock up
their guns Ethan's law says that if you
own a gun and have children in the house
you've got to keep the guns and
ammunition away from that child you need
to start sending a very very strong
message that if you leave your guns
around and children can gain access
there will be consequences State
lawmakers want to require guns be locked
up when they're not in use arguing the
law will save lives the majority of
Americans do want something done on this
issue this is Brian G NRA speaking
your child I mean really what's the
difference especially if cars are 35
times more likely to cause an accidental
death
Washington State last year
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look at my work
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um just taking a break walking
had a difficult morning
I just really miss him
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this is a 20 gauge shotgun
it is a synthetic stock with Realtree AP
camo
you know it's the daily shooter here
just wanted to come to you today with a
review of the Mossberg 500
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a youth model everywhere else and in all
other areas of life we choose to protect
our kids but not in this one area and to
me it's all about money
America's merchants of gun death are not
concerned about child safety or adult
safety or anything other than getting
rich
15 year old boy shot and killed at a
friend's house it was just four days ago
Shadrick Hall Turner lost his life far
too soon
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two lives cut short in one month in
Paulding County due to Accidental
shootings
five-year-old shot and killed at her
grandparents home
an NRA is in all these pockets of
legislators and that is disgusting you
know the greed of the gun lobbies and
the manufacturers is obvious but the
cowardice and selfishness of the
legislators you'd like to get each one
of them in a room just one by one and
say what's more important to you if you
could vote for some good gun safety laws
would you do that
if it saved one kid
or is your job and your money so
important to you that you would say
screw the kid
hey I'll help you
no no okay there you go you did it
you know I always think about all the
things
all the things that you know I'm just
gonna miss
he was a hugger kisser every night he
would come to my bed he's like time to
cuddle I hi there yes that's I miss a
lot I miss that
all right we'll see everybody at the gun
show
nearly half of guns in this country are
not locked away properly and guns
accidentally kill kids in the U.S 10
times more often than any other
developed country in the world
it's real people that it's happening to
not just something you hear on the news
year after year we see kids get killed
little kids get killed hopefully this
will get a good message across I already
know people that now they lock up their
guns when they never even thought about
it before just such a small thing to do
to save a life
kids are curious I've been teaching for
25 years I know the Curiosities and why
would we ever blame our children for
being who they are it's our
responsibility it was just unbelievable
to me that my son is gone and no one is
held accountable
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new information on that deadly school
shooting outside of Detroit by a 15 year
old sophomore when you've seen the
firearm it was not kept in a locked
container or a safe yes it was
several people down
blue cheese came to school this morning
armed with his father's shotgun and 38
revolver School shooters get their
weapons from home more often than you
might think 76 of the time a firearm
used in a mass shooting was obtained
either from a student's home or a
relative or a friend's home and nearly
half of those school shootings the gun
use was not secured or stored by its
owner I've gotten this room actually a
20 gauge single shot shotgun right here
and I have them sitting here in the room
out exposed why so I can go do what I
need to do kill things because that's
what guns are for and you're saying if I
leave my 20 gauge or 22 sitting out and
I have a 12 year old son and I don't
have that locked up that is straight up
[ __ ] the NRA thinks this is asking
too much of gun owners
new safes open at the speed of a
smartphone it is our job to protect our
children from themselves following
Ethan's death in 2018 the song Family
successfully lobbied for a Connecticut
state law strengthening requirements
around safe storage of firearms and
homes
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there's passed an extensive gun
toughest gun safety laws in the nation a
gun owner can be criminally responsible
if their gun gets into the wrong hands
and a crime is committed with it the
state's first firearm safe storage law
makes it a crime if gun owners do not
secure loaded weapons in the presence of
children under the age of 16.
you may have heard me refer to this as
Christian's law he died at the age of 15
years old at a sleepover Public Safety
Committee chair Kevin Payne of Peoria
will not give the bill a hearing there
are teenagers there are people with
mental illness who could end up in
houses where guns aren't stored properly
can you see that perspective and what
would you say if you have a situation
like that and deal with it
last year has been a nightmare for my
family and me as we had to live through
this overwhelming loss due to gun
violence today representative Pamela
Herndon announced they will be trying to
pass the Benny Hargrove gun safety act
again in the next legislative session
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based on the information and evidence I
have received today I'm announcing
charges against the shooter's parents
Ethan crumbly's parents are each charged
with four counts of involuntary
manslaughter prosecutors say gross
negligence makes them partially
responsible for their son's 2021 Rampage
sixteen-year-old Jalen Wiley was shot
and killed at Great Mills
2018. 17 year old student who killed her
used his father's gun almost five years
to the day of her death the Maryland
Senate passed the bill bearing her name
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new at noon a new push to get Ethan's
law passed on the federal level
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we need to get it done because of an
epidemic
children getting their hands on weapons
the tragedies are preventable it's why
it's critical to pass Ethan's law
Congress is complicit in that Bloodshed
if it fails regardless where you stand
on the gun issue I think we can all
agree that guns should be stored safely
and out of the reach of kids we need
leaders who have the courage
to act
in Washington D.C and the United States
Congress
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mothers are losing children and it's got
to be stopped somehow it shouldn't be
that difficult of a decision to make to
protect our children when it comes to
guns
it is my hope
that it's speaking out today
motivates just one person
to secure their gun
my son Eddie Z Holmes life would not
have been taken in vain
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thank you foreign