could be added to this if other crimes are uncovered. if he s a convicted felon, for example, and in possession of that firearm, that could be an additional charge. so the bond itself is probably bond he cannot make. he s probably going to stay put while this case works its way through court. i just wondered because, you know, some people might say, oh, it was a gang member and he bought the gun illegally but this happens a lot. there was an article on october 14th in the washington post. christopher ingram was the reporter. he went over past new reports of incidents like these and he found in 43 instances this year alone somebody was shot by a toddler. and by a toddler i mean a child younger than 3. in 31 cases, a toddler found a gun and shot himself or herself, injuring them. how often are parents charged in these cases? sometimes they re charged, sometimes they re not. it s going to depend on the
joining me now is a reporter for the washington post, christopher ingram who wrote about the incidental accidental shootings by young children here. welcome to you. how does this happen? are people just leaving their guns out unprotected? that seems to be the case most of the time. you have adults with guns in their house. they come home late at night, leave their gun on the counter or you have people like in this case in south carolina early this year where a woman drove her 2-year-old grandson around. he was sitting in the back seat. a loaded handgun in the pocket in the back seat behind him and grabbed it and shot the person in the seat in front of him. guns being left out and toddlers being naturally curious just exploring them and these things going off. are there any stats that show this is an increasing phenomenon? that i m not sure of. we just looked back through this past year. we re pretty surprised to see it
smarter gun legislation here. if you look at the map of these things which we made and i want to stress we re looking at just a small number of cases. it s tough to draw any conclusions. but you do see in california is the most populous state in the nation. they haven t had a single one of these instances this year. you have a state like missouri, middle of the pack populationwiese and they re leading with five cases so far this year where toddlers have shot people. are state of policies play a role here? policies are relatively strict in california. what we want to do is take a look at a number of years of data and see what is happening there. it s an important conversation that you bring for which i thank you. christopher ingram, thanks so much. from finances to football. safety precautions can actually be dangerous. the author of the new book fool proof explains next. cocktail bitters was huge. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us.
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