Feelgood law.

Mom in Bremerton with boyfriend who has a felony criminal record had a .45 ACP pistol that her 9 year old got ahold of. 9 year old had gun in backpack, and it fired, striking a small girl in the gut. Very sad.

Sadly, there was already a law, or laws, on the books that mom broke by having said .45 ACP firearm in the house. Those laws did nothing to prevent this from happening.

I have no issue with having a penalty for a child's use of a firearm and having repercussion on the parent, but to think that the new law will stop it from happening, well, that is a bunch of bullsh!t.

Teach ALL kids about firearm safety, regardless of whether there are firearms in the home or not. That will do much more to save lives than this new law. That is a fact.