Trigger lock could have prevented shooting of 4-year-old Canadian Press
DELORAINE, Man. — A gun that was used by a five-year-old boy to accidentally shoot his four-year-old sister on a Manitoba farm was
stored in an unlocked closet along with winter coats and wasn't equipped with a trigger lock, their father says.
Dan Lachapelle said the shooting, which happened over the weekend, was a horrible accident that could have been prevented. "I am prepared to take full responsibility for not having my guns properly
stored," he said in an interview with The Canadian Press. "This is something that very well could have been prevented. I know better. I took hunter safety and I just should have had at least trigger locks on them."
stored in an unlocked closet along with winter coats and wasn't equipped with a trigger lock, their father says.
Dan Lachapelle said the shooting, which happened over the weekend, was a horrible accident that could have been prevented. "I am prepared to take full responsibility for not having my guns properly
stored," he said in an interview with The Canadian Press. "This is something that very well could have been prevented. I know better. I took hunter safety and I just should have had at least trigger locks on them."