Making Guns Safe

Today in the New York Times there was an article about the many recent children who have recently shot and killed either themselves or a sibling/friend. The article can be found here. In the article they mention three events in particular that children were killed in because of inadequate weapon use or storage. Nowadays weapons are becoming so easily accessible that they can be found nearly anywhere and in some families children are acclimated to gun use at such a young age that the dangers of the weapon may not be apparent to them. As shown in this picture, which is also used in the article, these children start using weapons and playing with them when they are still to little to makes sense of the dangers.

New York Times

Accidental deaths are a growing problem in the United States. Last year there was 851 accidental gun deaths even though, according to the article, nearly half of the accidental deaths are not recorded as they should be. With many groups and organizations trying to ban or lower gun usage it seems like gun usage and accessibility is still on the rise. Groups like the National Rifle Association (N.R.A.) whose beliefs on gun laws clash with those of other groups seem to be winning the battle, but at what cost? If the mass shootings and acts of terrorism which happen much too often in the United States is not enough, then what is? Does it have to come down to innocent children mistakingly killing themselves before changes are made? What are your opinions on gun laws and what should be done to end this problem?