I live in Washington state, where there have been four instances in the last few weeks of children getting their hands on their parents' guns. Two fatalities and one injury that will cripple a little girl for life. According to the Seattle Times, it is not specifically illegal in Washington to allow your children access to a loaded gun. And the parents are not responsible for what their children do with the gun. There are no repercussions to them at all - there is no crime to charge them with. I know that banning guns completely is impossible, but those who say we don't need more laws and stricter regulations about them are nuts.