According to the Everytown For Gun Safety Support Fund’s Not An Accident Index, there have been 26 accidental shootings by children in 2026. The index said that the shootings have resulted in nine deaths and 17 injuries in the United States this year.
2023 was reportedly the worst year on record for unintentional shootings by children, surpassing 400 incidents for the first time since Everytown started tracking in 2015.
Everytown said on its website: “One of the most effective ways to prevent these shootings is to ensure all guns are stored securely in homes, cars, and elsewhere.
“The gold standard for secure gun storage is to keep all guns unloaded, locked up, and separate from ammunition.”
A doctor who witnessed the fatal shooting of anti-ICE protestor Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has claimed federal agents ‘counted his bullet wounds’ instead of administering first aid.
Alex Pretti was fatally shot on Saturday (24 January) in Minneapolis amid continued protests of ICE agents and the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claim federal immigration agents fired shots in a move of self defence, adding that the protestor was in possession of a handgun at the time.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said that the ICU nurse was believed to be a lawful gun owner, with a permit to carry.
However, there is no evidence that Pretti had any intent on harming federal officers when he took to the streets of Minneapolis this weekend – something his family have said themselves.And now, a witness who was there at the scene has described exactly what they saw.
The witness, described only as a physician, wrote in court documents that they didn’t see the 37-year-old ever brandish a weapon at agents.
