Sadly, this weekend two children have died due accidental weapon discharges.
Apparently an 8 year old and a 5 year old were playing with a .22LR rifle when it went off, hitting the younger kid through his head. The police are looking into how the weapon got into the hands of these kids, and how securely it was storaged.
In another case, twelve hours later, an 11 year old kid was apparently checking fishnets with his (grand?)father and they took a shotgun and a .22LR rifle with them in case they came across some ducks (duck, bear and dove hunting is on in finland right now, and from September 1st till end of February rabbit season). Apparently yhe kid had fired off a few shots, then put the rifle on the bow of the boat. Then when he was leaving or entering the boat he bumped it and it went off, hitting him into his torso, he was died in a hospital.
Thoughts on these incidents? I think that it shows how important it is to teach safe firearm usage and why weapons should be kept out of reach and secured behind a lock and a key.