Authorities emphasizing the importance of safe gun storage after 2 kids killed in separate accidental shootings in Houston area
Three days later, an“Unfortunately, 350 children are killed by unintentional shootings every year,” said Diana Galindo, a mother of one.“It is absolutely heartbreaking,” Galindo said. “It doesn’t matter how many times this happens, it breaks our hearts every single time.”
Galindo said parents need to make sure if they have guns that they are secure, that they model responsible behaviors around guns, and ask about the presence of unsecured guns in other homes. She said gun owners can learn a lot about proper gun storage through the“The responsibility is on us parents to always make sure if we have a gun in the house it is unloaded and the ammunition is separate, but we do have to talk to our children because guns are everywhere these days,” she added.
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