Well actually it sounds as if the gun´s trigger was accidentally pulled in a parking lot. A tragedy no matter what and no CCL holder that I know puts himself in such a reckless position to have that happen to them.

Hard to tell from the paucity of information given, but I would presume that grandpa also didn´t just buy the gun at the gun shop because no gun shop worker that I ever heard of would allow a loaded firearm (chamber or clip) to walk out of his door. Like I said, its hard to tell from the info given, which makes me think that the writer is trying to take quite a bit of poetic license with the story.

Rule #1 in weapons handling - Treat EVERY weapon as if it is loaded, even if you have just cleared the mag and chamber.

And somewhere today a small child on a bicycle was run over by a car.

Neither cars or bicycles will be held accountable.

This story, however, will be milked for all the gun control propaganda it is worth.

No one was harmed more than his son. No one could be more punished than his father. Leave them alone.

Disagree that he has received enough punishment because his child died. He needs to go to jail if found guilty after the judicial process. If he pleads not guilty he should be ashamed.

Prayers for the family and especially the father.

The AP was almost honest, which is as close as they ever are on these stories. There might have been a gun shop near the parking lot, but that´s not the impression the AP wanted. The AP could have simply reported the truth, but that´s too much to expect from those jerks.

A very misleading and disingenuous headline.
I wonder how many 100´s of newspapers across this great land will run this headline such that the empty headed masses of buffoons in this country will jump back in gasping shock asking, "how could a father do this to his son?"?

I guess AP also stands for Antigun Propaganda. This headline is misleading in a calculated way, and it´s being propagated, intact, on sfgate, yahoo, and I expect others.

Headline skimmers will all see this headline and imagine somebody emptying a clip into somebody else inside a gun shop. And that´s totally out of whack with what happened.

Just AP being AP, I guess.

Will Bob Costas be lecturing us again tomorrow at halftime? By the way. That player caused the death of his friend because of drinking. Bob going to call for prohibition?

EVERY gun is ALWAYS loaded. :sad:

I´m with #4. The boy is dead. The father will live in hell for the rest of his life even if the law does not prosecute.

I was taught (and taught my kids) that for someone to be shot by accident, ALL the safety rules have to have been violated. A gun had a round chambered. It was pointed in an unsafe direction. A hammer was already cocked or a trigger pulled, and so on. If even one rule had been followed, nobody would have been killed.
I never carry an automatic with one in the chamber no matter how safe people assure me it is. My normal carry gun is a snub nosed .357 hammerless revolver. Safety is why I opted for the revolver over a small .45.

Colonel Jeff Cooper´s Rules for Firearm Safety --

Rule One: All guns are always loaded.
Rule Two: Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
Rule Three: Keep your finger off the trigger until the sights are on the target.
Rule Four: Be sure of your target and what is behind it.

You can break any two...

I cannot imagine the heartache of the Father in this situation. Condolenses to the family.

I would like to know what handgun was involved in this accident. I think that some handguns are more prone to accidents that others. All guns are dangerous. All guns are loaded. Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, ALWAYS.