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Originally Posted by Tidybuoy

.Do hand gun have safetys that are child proof?

These days, many guns don't really have a traditional safety. Something like a Glock usually doesn't have a traditional safety. What they have is a "button" on the trigger such that if you pull the trigger, you've disabled the safety. Even traditional safeties aren't child-proof.

And, in this particular case, both kids were in the back seat, both were young enough that that were probably in car seats. I'm assuming it would be difficult for the kids to gain access to the gun in the glove box.

I'd say that in pretty much all cases (probably all, but I won't assume to know that there couldn't be the 1 in a million or billion) a big part of the responsibility lies with the gun owner that had a gun in a place that a child could get to it, even if it was just an odd set of circumstances (the perfect storm) that lead to the child gaining access.

Regardless, the person responsible was the guy that attempted to carjack the car that had small children in it and he learned the hard way - good job mom!

Absolutely, I'd say that despite the possible safety issue that may have existed, this case absolutely gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.