Safety Roundup

In this week's Safety Roundup, stories of:

a 14-year-old in Helena, Montana who was unintentionally shot in the leg by a 15-year-old friend while hunting rabbits. The friend tripped while crossing a cattle guard, causing her rifle to fire.
a 14-year-old in Fort Worth, Texas who died after he was unintentionally shot in the head by someone in the home who was showing off the gun and didn't know that his gun was loaded.
a 2-month-old in East Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania who died after she was shot in the abdomen, perhaps unintentionally, by an adult relative.
a 14-year-old in Colorado Springs, Colorado who died after she was unintentionally shot by her stepfather who had mistaken her for a burglar.
an 11-year-old in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania who was unintentionally shot in foot and leg in an upstairs bedroom, after her father banged his rifle on the floor in the room below.
a 10-year-old in Quick, West Virginia who died after she was unintentionally shot by a 9-year-0ld when they were target practicing with a shotgun.
a 3-year-old in Sahuarita, Arizona who died after he unintentionally shot himself in the face with a gun that his parents had "inadvertently misplaced for a short time."
a 12-year-old in Spokane, Washington who was unintentionally shot in the leg when the gun in his grandfather's concealed holster went off while the two were roughhousing together.
a 2-year-old in Glendora, California who drowned while visiting relatives on Christmas Day in a ...

Source: About.com Pediatrics - December 28, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news