"two misdemeanor charges of failing to secure a gun."

Also wanted to note there were about 50 million homes that have guns where this didn't happen today.

Guns, meds, knives, household chemicals - all are good things to keep away from kids.

That make sense to you?

Failing to secure a gun should not be a felony.

"If you have small children in your home, you shouldn’t have to be told to keep your guns locked up. This applies even more if the children aren’t your own. For example, I had a bachelor client who hired a woman to clean his apartment once a week. She usually brought her 4-year-old with her. Although the bachelor had no children residing with him, the visiting child gave plenty of reason to make sure guns were inaccessible."

"But what if you have a child who is under the statute’s arbitrary age of 16 but whom you are sure is responsible and knowledgeable enough to have access to firearms? This is hardly an unusual situation. For example, children are eligible for junior hunting licenses at age 12. They have to take the hunter-safety course, which includes firearms safety. Obviously the parents of these junior hunters believe the children can handle guns safely."

http://www.ralphdsherman.com/LegalOpinion/How%20to%20store%20guns%20-%20What%20the%20law%20requires.htm

Obviously there are problems with enforcement of that (which the counsel discusses at link). A felony for not securing a gun is silly - charges stemming from what occurs because of that are another matter.

When the result of the failure is injury to others it most certainly should be a felony.

which is exactly what I said.

And the minimum sentence should be quite harsh.

If the gun is possessed illegally, the sentence should be double.

...and simply fine companies after a few dozen workers die in a preventable accident.

There is a difference between an unsafe condition and something that happens from that condition.

...where someone was cited for failure to secure a firearm in advance of, or absent, something fucked up taking place involving the weapon?

My nephew for one. Pulled over and had a gun in the car not properly secured according to state law.

Am sure you can find plenty more.

He was with his friend who was having a fight with his GF who got mad and called the cops and said they had guns in the car.

So pretty much that.