OUR WEBSITE AT THIS POINT AND IT'S IT'S NOT BEING CARELESS IT'S BEING NEGLIGENT >> I THINK TO A CRIMINAL DEGREE >> RENEWED OUTRAGE TONIGHT AFTER THE DEATHS OF 2 YOUNG BOYS WHO GOT A HOLD OF GUNS AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT THEMSELVES THOSE BOYS WERE JUST 4, 5, YEARS OLD AND AT THIS TIME NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THESE 2 CASES BUT AS FOX FIFTY-NINE'S BACKS LEWIS EXPLAINS ONE STATE LAWMAKER WANTS TO MAKE SURE SOMEONE HUGHES IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN CASES LIKE THESE >> AT ABOUT HALF PAST NOON ON AUGUST 18TH POLICE WERE CALLED TO A HOME NEAR 36 IN DEARBORN WHERE THEY FOUND A 4 YEAR-OLD BOY WHO SHOT HIMSELF AND WAS CRITICALLY INJURED HE DIED THIS PAST FRIDAY LATE IN THE EVENING ON THAT SAME NIGHT POLICE WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON GOLDEN MEADOW DRIVE NEAR 46 AND MUELLER THERE THEY FOUND A FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO SHOT HIMSELF IN HIS OWN BEDROOM HE TOO DIED ON FRIDAY IS JUST YOU KNOW INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS YEAR AFTER YEAR MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR REPRESENTATIVE MITCH KORN BECAUSE HE HAS INTRODUCED A BILL EACH YEAR OF HIS TENURE AT THE STATE HOUSE THAT WOULD PUNISH THOSE WHO LEAVE THEIR GUNS UNSECURED AND IN REACH OF CHILDREN ESSENTIALLY SAYS THAT >> IF YOU'RE AN ADULT AND YOU HAVE A FIREARM AT HOME AND ITS UNSECURED IN A KID ACCESSES IT AND USES IT TO INJURE OR KILL THEMSELVES OR SOMEBODY ELSE YOU CAN BE HELD CRIMINALLY LIABLE SINCE THE START OF 2023 THE MARION COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE SAYS IT'S FILED NEGLECT CHARGES IN AT LEAST 12 CASES INVOLVING ACCIDENTAL SHOOTINGS AND UNSECURED FIREARMS BUT GORE SAYS HIS BILL WHICH IS YET TO BE CONSIDERED WOULD MAKE THE LAW EXPLICIT AND BOLSTER PROSECUTORS CASE THERE HAVE BEEN EXAMPLES WHERE PERHAPS IT DIDN'T COMPLETELY MEET THE DEFINITION OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CHARGE >> OR THE PROSECUTOR DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD MEET THAT DEFINITION AND IF THEY COULD GET A CONVICTION GORE SAYS WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF PROTECTIVE METHODS SUCH AS GUN LOCKS WHICH YOU CAN GET FOR FREE NO QUESTIONS ASKED AT PLACES LIKE THE INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY THERE'S REALLY NO EXCUSE I THINK PARENTS REALLY NEED TO GO AND ASK THEMSELVES WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET TONIGHT A FREE OR CHEAP GUN LOCKER CHILD-SIZE COFFIN >> BECAUSE AS WE'VE SEEN THAT'S REALLY THE DECISION THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE HE SAYS THERE IS WIDE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR SAFE STORAGE LAWS AND INTENDS TO INTRODUCE IT AT THE NEXT SESSION IF HE'S RE-ELECTED IN INDIANAPOLIS MAX LEWIS FOX 59 NEWS MAX THANK YOU AGAIN BOTH RECENT SHOOTINGS ARE STILL UNDER