Guns for Beginners: Don’t Off-Body Carry

By Robert Farago

To date, TTAG has posted some 23k posts. In that time, we’ve attempted not to repeat ourselves. Of course, we have. The anti-gunners keep trotting out the same reasons to infringe on your natural, civil and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms. We keep shooting them down. Much of our self-defense advice – including our ever-expanding Guns for Beginners posts – cover familiar ground, starting with the four rules of gun safety. I, personally, have railed against off-body carry for years. Without apology, understanding the importance of this topic, I’m going to do so again here, inspired by this tragic tale [via wlwt.com] . . .

Police said the 3-year-old boy fatally shot in a Hamilton home was playing with a gun he had found in his mom’s purse when he shot himself.

Police said the 3-year-old who was shot in Hamilton has died.

The toddler, identified as Marques Green, shot himself in the chest just after 3:45 p.m. Thursday in the home located in the 700 block of Gordon Smith Boulevard, police said.

Neighbors tell WLWT the victim lived with his mom and 10-year-old brother.

Police said the gun belongs to the boy’s mother and the boy had …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns