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Yet another child is dead, and I grieve for the family ("Toddler dies after accidentally shooting himself in head," Tribune, July 18). The news story reports that "somehow" the 2½-year-old toddler got hold of the gun.
But we know how he got it. It was left where it could be found. It did not have a trigger lock. It was not in a gun safe. It was loaded.
A curious young one, drawn like a fly to honey, a moth to flame, will find a gun no matter how high the shelf, hidden the shoebox, or heavy the drawer.
How many children have to die before gun owners figure this out?
Michele Margetts
Salt Lake City
