In Nashville, Tennessee, a four year old boy got a hold of a loaded gun at a family cookout and accidentally shot and killed the wife of a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy. On Saturday, deputy Daniel Fanning was showing his weapon to a relative in one of the bedrooms of his house. The toddler came into the room and picked the gun up from the bed. The weapon discharged hitting 48 year old Josephine Fanning. She was pronounced dead at the scene. According to Sheriff Robert Bryan, the shooting was a terrible accident and that within seconds of Fanning placing the gun on the bed, the toddler picked it up.

I believe that this was a terrible accident. While some may argue and say that it is Fanning’s fault for having the gun out, I don’t think this could have been prevented. Maybe, paying more attention to the kid would help? But overall this was unavoidable. I’m sure that this will turn into an argument on guns, as always.

I feel bad for the parents of the kid. They have to tell him one day that he killed a women when he was just four years old. How difficult it would be to live with that. Knowing that you shot and killed someone. How awful.

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