GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[HairOfTheDog]

This is the Washington dad, ^ Jon Holzworth, who claims never to leave guns unsecured in his home -- despite claims by others to the contrary and despite the fact that his 3-year-old was shot in the face by a 4-year-old neighbor while unattended under his care in his home.

He's fought against gun legislation and is a vocal gun enthusiast. He works for a home security company. He is someone who should know exactly what a gun can do in the wrong hands. Here's his public statement in response to questions about gun safety in his home after his little boy was shot.

"Yes, all fire arms (sic) are locked up, gun safety is paramount and number one rule in our home we take it very seriously, I'm devastated and can only give glory to God for my son's life being sparred (sic).

"Guns are not toys in our home, even nurf (sic) type, even squirt guns are not used in a playful manor (sic).

"He is my only son who I love more than my own life. I've always been very careful With (sic) firearms, I never in a million years would have thought this would happen to us and it's devastating to our family. What we need is prayers and support. We love God and we know that without his intervention we could have lost a loving and caring child."

His credibility is shot to shit if he left a loaded gun (or gun and ammo) where his children and their little playmates could get to it. He fights against gun safety legislation on the premise that it's unnecessary because gun owners are responsible. Yeah. Personally, I suspect the man is lying about practicing gun safety in his home, but I'll be following the story and see what the investigation uncovers.


^Dad's SUV


^Front door of the family home

I hope 3-year-old Michael Holzworth's face can be reconstructed and I'm very happy that he doesn't have brain damage. I don't give a shit if the Holzworth home is apparently full of guns and dad is a walking/driving gun advert -- SO LONG AS the guns (whatever types) are safely and responsibly out of reach of unsupervised children.

Unless dad is gonna try to blame the 4-year-old for managing to acquire and shoot the gun, it's hard for me to imagine a reason for publicly failing to acknowledge responsibility. We'll see where it goes.