An Aurora police detective in front of a house near Hoffman Blvd. and Vaughn St. which was the scene of a shooting involving a child on July 9. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)
Re: “Arapahoe DA: No charges in accidental shooting of boy in Aurora,” July 22 news story.
I find it unbelievable that the prosecutor’s office cannot find charges in the recent shooting of a 7-year-old boy in Aurora. It is certainly negligent to leave a 12-year-old unsupervised in a house. It is even more negligent to have a child in a house where there is a handgun in a jacket pocket with ammunition readily available.
I am a gun owner. All of my firearms are stored in a locked gun safe. The fact that the gun used in this shooting was in a jacket pocket tells me the owner does not know how to safely store a gun.
Why are so many people carrying guns around? Why do they think guns are the way to solve problems? There are sensible gun regulations that do not infringe on the Second Amendment, yet can make the world a safer place. We need legislators who are not afraid of the NRA to enact sensible gun laws and we need a prosecutor who will charge people when they are negligent with regard to owning firearms.
John Stiles, Centennial
This letter was published in the July 28 edition.
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