Why aren't we all packing heat?

If we were all carrying loaded guns, certainly someone would have seen this coming and shot someone to keep someone from shooting himself. Then the whole shooting thing wuld have been avoided - except for the person shooting someone. MORE GUNS!

Double Shooting Accident
from The J-Walk Blog

In Alabama: Mother Accidentally Shot by Son, Father also Injured.

The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office said a small child accidentally shot his mother, after finding the gun near his injured father's side.

How did the father get injured?

Mr. Jones stated he had taken his Glock .40 handgun from the glove compartment of his truck. He was walking to the house when he tripped and fell, then accidentally shot himself in the leg just above the knee.

Nobody's dead. Boys will be boys.