Children.

In the months since Jennifer Mascia and I began publishing this daily Gun Report, I have become more than a little obsessed with children shooting other children because they accidentally discharged a gun they found lying around somewhere. My obsession stems from several sources: first, it has been a revelation to me how many such incidents take place. They are decidedly not rare—on the contrary, a day doesn’t pass when the Gun Report doesn’t contain at least one.

Second, they are so clearly the result of negligence. Parents who would never allow a child into a car without sitting in a car seat think nothing of leaving a loaded shotgun under the bed, where a toddler might find it. It is inexplicable, yet it happens all the time.

Most of all, these are the most preventable of deaths. What is required is a cultural shift that truly values gun safety above all else, something that clearly doesn’t exist today. This weekend’s report opens with an incident in which a 4-year-old shot himself in the head in Alabama. On Saturday, a 6-year-old was shot by her 13-year-old brother in Florida “while they were playing with a handgun in their living room.” I realize that the effort to reduce gun violence is a struggle on many different levels, but this one thing—reducing gun violence by keeping firearms out of the hands of children—should be easy. Why isn’t it?

Here is today’s report.

—Joe Nocera

Friday:

A 4-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the head with a gun he found in a house in Brighton, Ala., while playing with a 4-year-old girl and is in critical condition. An 8-year-old boy was flown to Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on Friday evening after he was accidentally shot. Eloy Portillo-Meza, 36, was with a friend who was showing off a .22 Magnum in Park City, Kan., early Friday when the gun went off, hitting him in the stomach and killing him. 19-year-old Darrell Ginyard was shot and wounded by 18-year-old Joshua Mosley Jr. near the Wesleyan University campus in Delaware, Ohio, late Thursday. Vincent Pittman, 38, was shot outside an illegal after-hours club in Toledo, Ohio, early Friday, and is in the hospital with a bullet lodged near his heart. A man was shot in the leg and wounded in Watsonville, Calif., Friday evening.

Andrew Leighton, 46, is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of his mother, Shirley Leighton, 68, in Falmouth, Me., Friday afternoon. A man in his 30s was shot and killed and a woman was wounded early Friday inside a Roxbury, Mass., apartment. Two men in their 20s were shot and killed outside a Walgreens in the same neighborhood Friday afternoon. Terrence Mingo, 28, was shot in the chest and killed while standing in front of his own house in east Charlotte, N.C., Friday night. Jaaron Fields, 20, banged on doors and screamed for help after being shot and wounded at a northeast Raleigh, N.C., apartment complex Friday afternoon.

Leslie Balogh, 55, was gunned down on a Queens, N.Y., street early Friday morning. A 52-year-old correctional officer was in critical condition Friday after he was shot at a gas station in Colton, Calif. A 20-year-old man is fighting for his life after being shot in the head while driving in south Seattle, Wash., Friday afternoon. A 48-year-old man was shot in Milwaukee, Wis., Friday night. Police found a man with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of a Wells Fargo in Birmingham, Ala., Friday night. DeAngelo Callahan, 24, and Cortez Rucker, 26, were found shot and killed next to their dirt bikes in Cleveland, Ohio. A 56-year-old man was shot when he found two burglars inside his South Bend, Ind., home Friday morning.

A man and a woman were shot in a house in the Algiers section of New Orleans, La., on Friday night. Police are looking for two persons of interest in the shooting death of a man Friday evening in North Spokane, Wash. A 27-year-old woman was wounded after a shooting Friday evening in Visalia, Calif. A man was taken to a hospital after a shooting in Camden, N.J., Friday night. Detectives are investigating a shooting at a south Sacramento County apartment complex that left one person dead Friday night.

Jill Sides, 46, was shot and killed and her husband, Ottie Sides, 60, was shot multiple times and wounded by a man wearing tactical protective gear and a bulletproof vest in Edmond, Okla., Thursday afternoon. Quintez Thompson, 26, was shot multiple times and killed in the parking lot of Dino’s Food Mart in Louisville, Ky., early Friday. James Franks, 32, was shot and critically wounded in Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday morning, and police are seeking Timothy Bridges, 66, in connection with the attack. Shane Vicknair, 27, was shot and killed after a verbal argument in a Kenner, La., auto shop Friday morning; Roger Batiste, 75, surrendered a gun to police after the shooting.

A man waiting at an Atlanta, Ga., bus stop was shot twice and wounded early Friday morning. Dorothy Johnson, 54, was struck in the chest by a stray bullet while sitting in her house, the result of an argument that broke out at a doctor’s office across the street in Shreveport, La., Thursday afternoon. A 22-year-old man was shot and killed Friday evening in the front yard of a Durham, N.C., home. Four people have been arrested after allegedly breaking into a Drumore Township, Pa., home at gunpoint, stealing cash and numerous items and shooting the resident Friday morning.

Saturday:

A 6-year-old girl was shot by her 13-year-old brother and critically wounded in Oakland Park, Fla., Saturday night while they were playing with a handgun in their living room. A University of Southern Mississippi student is recovering from an accidental gunshot wound to the leg at a Hattiesburg, Miss., hospital. Two men were gunned down outside a southwest Oklahoma City, Okla., apartment complex early Saturday morning. Two sisters—Tempest Brown, 24 and Amber Brown, 25—were injured following a shooting outside a home in Syracuse, N.Y., early Saturday. A mother shot her son before turning the gun on herself in Wentzville, Mo., Saturday afternoon. Michael Lewis, 28, was shot in the face and killed in a housing project lobby in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City Saturday night. A late-night shooting sent two people to a Lubbock, Tex., hospital Saturday.

Six people, ranging in age from elderly to six years old, were shot and injured near a McDonald’s in East Palo Alto, Calif., Saturday afternoon. 24-year-old J’arius Beck was shot and mortally wounded in the parking lot of Sonny Ray’s Tavern in Anderson, Ind., early Saturday; it was the third shooting at the bar in a month. A man was shot in the torso and wounded at the Magnolia Cafe in east Knoxville, Tenn., early Saturday. Two men were shot and injured early Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark.

William Clegg, Jr., 20, was found lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds in Atlantic City, N.J., Saturday afternoon. A drive-by shooting in Mt. Clemens, Mich., left two 17-year-olds injured Friday night. An unidentified man was found with gunshot wounds to his torso around 1 a.m. Saturday in Newark, N.J.; it was Newark’s eighth shooting in two days. Marquice Adams, 30, was shot in the calf in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday afternoon. One person was shot about 8:30 p.m. Saturday near a park in Durand, Ill., and police are looking for the gunman.

25-year-old Brandon Wayne Simmons was shot several times and killed after an argument with another man in Umatilla, Fla. 32 year-old Ricky Taylor is in critical condition after being shot on the southeast side of Columbus, Ohio, early Saturday. David Marshall Roe, the boyfriend of a former college athlete who went missing after she reportedly broke up with him, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday. A 43-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of Jones Corner Bar in Swatara Twp., Pa., early Saturday. A 38-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed in front of an Antioch, Calif., hotel early Saturday morning.

A man with a gunshot wound to the chest was found in a car in Indianapolis, Ind., early Saturday morning. A man was shot while he was driving in Richmond, Calif., and crashed into a vacant home. A man was shot and killed in Trenton, N.J., early Saturday. The passenger of a vehicle in the parking lot of a convenient store in Halifax County, N.C., was shot and wounded Saturday night. A teen is in police custody following a shooting in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday night that injured two people.

Two minors were shot and wounded and one person was killed in a shooting Saturday evening at Pixley Park in Tulare County, Calif. A 29-year-old woman was arrested and charged early Saturday in connection with an overnight shooting that injured four people at N&N Sports Bar & Grill in Smithfield, N.C. A 20-year-old man was shot and killed in Milwaukee, Wis., Saturday afternoon. Tommy Dominquez, 41, was shot in front of a Pomona, Calif., bar early Saturday but was so drunk he was unable to tell investigators how he was hurt. A man was shot in the stomach and arm in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans, La., on Saturday night.

A 31-year-old parolee was ordered held without bail after being charged with a shooting that left a 10-year-old boy hospitalized with a bullet wound in Chicago, Ill. A man was shot while sitting in his car in in South Los Angeles, Calif., Saturday night. A 30-year-old East Palo Alto, Calif., man was shot in the torso several times Saturday night. A drive-by shooting injured two people in Bakersfield, Calif., Saturday night. A man was shot in the stomach and another wounded in a park in Wilmington, Del., Saturday afternoon.

Sunday:

A 16-year-old was shot in the chest in north St. Louis, Mo., on Sunday afternoon. A man was shot in the thigh and wounded during a basketball game in downtown Savannah, Ga. Gunfire erupted in Compton, Calif., early Sunday, leaving one man dead and another wounded. A shooting Sunday evening at Evergreen Regency Townhomes in Flint, Mich., left two people in critical condition. A shooting on Interstate 8 in La Mesa, Calif., led to two people being hospitalized early Sunday. A 16-year-old was shot in the chest in North St. Louis, Mo., Sunday afternoon.

A 16-year-old girl suffered a gunshot wound to the leg in a drive-by shooting early Sunday in Azusa, Calif. Teesha Rieco, 24, is dead and her boyfriend, Curtis Chisman, 44, was severely injured from a gunshot wound in Canton, Pa., Sunday morning. A man is in serious condition after being shot multiple times outside the Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis Sunday afternoon. Thomas Brown, 20, was shot several times and killed while sitting in his car in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday morning. A man died of a gunshot wound in Southeast Washington, D.C., Sunday morning. Jeanette Ochoa, 26, is in critical condition after being shot by her ex-boyfriend as she was moving into a new home in east Houston, Tex.

27-year-old Charlie Moses Woodbury was shot and killed outside a restaurant in Hampton, Va., early Sunday. 19 year-old Javienee Martin was shot in an altercation early Sunday in Kensett, Ark. A man was found shot and killed early Sunday in Omaha, Neb. A 22-year-old man was found with two gunshot wounds in his left leg in New Haven, Conn., Sunday evening. One person was shot in the back while fleeing from gunfire outside a Walmart in Evansville, Ind., Sunday night. A shooting in the parking lot of a Bossier City, La., apartment complex left one man injured. Police responded to a car accident in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday to find a 31-year-old man who had been shot before his car crashed into a telephone pole.

Rahsan Crowder, 22, a Lackawanna College student, is dead after a shooting in northeastern Pa. early Sunday. Police are investigating a shooting outside a Forest City, N.C., bar Sunday morning that sent two people to the hospital. A man in Long Beach, Calif., died Sunday after being shot Friday night. A robbery victim was shot in the leg in Richmond, Va., early Sunday morning. Ricardo Ramirez, 32, and his father, Fidel Ramirez, 62, were found with gunshot wounds after arguing with a cousin at a south Modesto, Calif., party early Sunday.

A triple shooting left one man dead and two wounded in Washington, D.C., early Sunday. A woman was beaten and shot at the Georgetown Landing apartments in Georgetown, S.C., early Sunday. Celina Figueroa was shot following an altercation in Fort Myers, Fla., Sunday afternoon. At least one person died in a shooting in Trinity, Ala., early Sunday. A man was shot in the stomach when two men drove by and opened fire in front of a home on the southwest side of San Antonio, Tex., early Sunday.

Two women were killed and a third escaped with injuries in a shooting Sunday morning at their Citrus Park, Fla., home. 34-year-old Daniel Carmona was killed and another person was wounded in a predawn shooting in Coachella, Calif. Three people were injured in a shooting at a downtown Miami, Fla., condominium Sunday morning. A man was found dead of gunshot wounds inside a silver Buick on the southbound entrance ramp to I-95 in Oakland Park, Fla., Sunday morning. A man was accidentally wounded by his brother when the two were handling a revolver early Sunday in unincorporated Elgin Township, Ill. A woman was shot to death and a man was wounded in a murder-attempted suicide Sunday night in north Denver, Colo.

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 3,835 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.