Crime is Slate’s crime blog. Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @slatecrime. I write a lot about “accidental” child shooting deaths—the stories of children who kill themselves or other kids ...

EASIER ACCESS TO GUN LOCKING DEVICES, AS THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TEAMING UP WITH THE DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY TO MAKE GUN STORAGE MORE SAFE BY HANDING OUT GUN TRIGGER LOCKS AT THE CITY’S ...

I tested the IDENTILOCK trigger lock, a firearm-locking device designed to open with a touch of a fingerprint. At the end of my testing, I have a recommendation: This device should be issued with ...

Action News Investigates has learned some trigger locks are easy to pick.A nationally-renowned lock expert said some locks can even be picked by a child.Matthew was just 6 years old when his father ...

So far this year, at least 94 children have picked up a gun and accidentally shot either themselves or someone else. How can we prevent these accidental shootings with kids? Shooting Sports owner Fred ...

During a wrenching 911 call, the mother of a Pataskala child killed in a Dec. 14 shooting told an emergency dispatcher that her child was shot by a sibling who'd found a loaded weapon. Authorities ...

Re “Youth Gets 50 to Life for Shootings” (Aug. 16), on Charles “Andy” Williams’ school rampage: Trigger locks are well made and difficult to remove. Many young men think a lot about guns, and ...

During the oral arguments for D.C. v. Heller last March, one of the more interesting—and, as it turns out, important—exchanges concerned a comparison between Washington, D.C.'s strict trigger lock ...