According to Firearm Chronicles
Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown For Gun Safety is pushing hard for governors across the country to order gun stores closed during the coronavirus pandemic, and the group’s president says it’s “shameful and nonsensical” for the federal government to classify the firearms industry as part of the critical workforce deemed essential under Department of Homeland Security guidelines.
In a new op/ed at CNN, John Feinblatt claims that allowing gun stores to remain open will only add to the burdens that hospitals are facing.
At least 4.6 million American children live in homes with unsecured guns, and many of those children are now confined to those homes, with lots of free time on their hands — and lots of new worries. Recently, a 13-year-old in New Mexico was killed when his cousin allegedly shot him with a gun that the cousin said he brought home to “protect” himself during the pandemic. In addition, parents — especially parents who own guns — should be aware that research has shown a link between social isolation and suicide in young people.
What Feinblatt doesn’t say about that tragic killing in New Mexico was that the 19-year old who shot his cousin actually pointed the weapon at the 13-year old and pulled the trigger. Twice. [Patricio] Arroyo, who was shot in the torso and had no pulse, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Relatives told police they were all hanging out in the living room when [Anthony] Padilla walked out of a bedroom with a shotgun he had been storing there.
Arroyo’s brother told police Padilla “racked” a round into the chamber, pointed it at the teen and shot him. He said he thought Padilla was just “joking around” before the gun went off and all the relatives police spoke