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Originally Posted by Eric

My guns are stored in locked cabinets; one, with a bolt action, has the bolt removed and stored seperately. Ammunition is stored in another locked cabinet. The keys to both cabinets are locked in my safe. It is tragic that such an accident happened; but the question begging for an answer is: "how the hell did a loaded weapon get into the hands of a child?"

Hope you are super fast. The picture in my mind is of you running hell for leather to get everything back in working order before the perp gets the upper hand. Good luck with that!

Yep, the father in question was more than careless. One should keep firearms out of the reach of children until they are age appropriate and can be taught how to use and respect them in a proper manner.