More guns = more gun violence.

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

It's even more stupid than you say. The pistol was left lying around loaded and cocked, so that only low trigger pressure was necessary to fire it. This is ridiculously unsafe, an accidental discharge waiting to happen even if only adults handle the gun.

A three-year-old wouldn't be able to fire a revolver double-action, or rack an automatic. The gun had to be already cocked.

The child wouldn't necessarily have to "rack" the slide to fire it. See here...

http://www.personaldefensenetwork.co...fired-pistols/

"The amount of force or weight of the trigger pull in many of these firearms is very similar, in about the six- to seven-pound range."

"Striker-fired semi-automatics were made popular in the 1980s by Glock. Although the company was not well received in the beginning, it has become one of the most popular defensive pistol brands in the world. The striker firing mechanism uses a spring-loaded firing pin that works more like the launcher in a pinball machine than that of a traditional pistol with a hammer. This spring-loaded pin is partially cocked by the movement of the slide. The trigger then cocks the pin the remainder of the way and releases it to strike the primer and ignite the cartridge."

Whoever left the pistol unsecured where the child could find it should be prosecuted.