GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[HairOfTheDog]

And again...........it doesn't matter if you tell them about gun safety or how many times you instruct them not to touch the gun, they're toddlers with toddlers' brains.


^Gavin Michael Stiles, RIP, was the 3-year old son of Steamboat Springs police officer Michael R. Stiles and his wife, Joni.

In a news release, the Sheriff’s Office said dispatchers received a call at 8:36 a.m. indicating that the boy had shot himself and that he was being transported to the hospital. Little Gavin was pronounced dead at 11:04 a.m.

“I think it’s really sad,” said Steamboat Springs resident Jodie Clementson. “And it’s scary with all the gun stuff that’s been going on, that a 3-year old was able to get ahold of the gun, and obviously it was loaded, so it’s really tragic.”

Steamboat Police Chief Cory Christensen wasn’t available to comment on camera today, but he told the local newspaper, Steamboat Today, “It’s a tragedy in our family, and we’re focusing on the welfare of our employee and his family.”

Authorities aren’t saying yet whether the gun used was a department issued weapon or a private gun. Nor are they saying where the gun was, or who else was home when the shooting occurred.

It’s not known yet whether any charges will be filed. The Routt County Sheriff’s Office and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation are currently conducting a death investigation.

Ref: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/mou...ls-himself