Safety Roundup

In this week's Safety Roundup, stories of:

an 8-year-old in Olanta, South Carolina who required surgery after he was unintentionally shot by his father while deer hunting.
a boy in Kalamazoo County, Michigan who was hurt in a hunting accident after he unintentionally shot himself in the leg.
a 12-year-old in Austin, Texas who is hospitalized after his cousin was playing with a semi-automatic pistol and unintentionally shot him with the gun that he had thought was unloaded, wounding him in the stomach and arm.
a 2-year-old in Camden, New Jersey who had wounds to his arm and leg after he was unintentionally shot by his father.
a 10-year-old in Beauregard, Alabama who died after he was unintentionally shot while playing with a gun with his 12-year-old brother and another teen.
a 14-year-old in Merritt Island, Florida who unintentionally shot herself in the thigh while at a gun range with her father....Read Full Post

Source: About.com Pediatrics - January 5, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news