Take a look at the second shooting in today’s Gun Report. A toddler gets a hold of a loaded gun and kills himself. I keep coming back to this particular kind of shooting: children killed or maimed after finding a loaded gun. Not only because they are so heartbreaking, but because they are so preventable. I wrote a column 11 days ago about the possibility of childproofing guns. Not surprisingly, gun absolutists find this idea appalling.

O.K., then, how about this? When you leave a loaded gun someplace where a child can access it, isn’t that a classic case of reckless endangerment, and isn’t that a crime? One reason these kinds of shootings tend not to lead to criminal prosecutions is because they have already inflicted so much pain on family members. But one of the reasons we put people in jail is to send a message to others that certain behaviors will not be tolerated. Surely, this is one of those behaviors.

—Joe Nocera

19-year old Montez Brooks, a standout on the Bishop Luers football team, was dropped off at a Fort Wayne, Ind., hospital Saturday night, where he died from at least one gunshot wound. The case has been frustrating for detectives, as there is no crime scene to investigate. This is the 14th homicide this year in Allen County. Over the holiday weekend, five shootings left two dead and two others in critical condition.

—Indiana News Center

A toddler accidentally shot himself in the chest and died while visiting relatives in Prichard, Ala., Sunday evening. An investigation is ongoing.

—Local 15

A suburban St. Louis, Mo., woman was found dead in her home early Monday after her young children ran to a police station to report a shooting. Antoinetta Davis, 32, is believed to have been shot by her 40-year-old ex-boyfriend at around 2 a.m. The children, ages 2 through 13, ran to a police station and told officers their mother had been shot. The suspect turned himself in around 5 a.m.

—The Kansas City Star

A former Flagler Beach, Fla., police officer was arrested following a road-rage incident Friday night involving a firefighter. Nathaniel Juratovac and firefighter Jared Parkey were traveling south along U.S. 1 when Juratovac tapped his brakes because he felt Parkey was following too closely. Parkey, who was driving a Toyota 4Runner, threw a water bottle at Nathaniel Juratovac’s Ford Explorer and both vehicles collided. They pulled over and Juratovac got out of his car and shot Parkey. Juratovac, 40, was charged with attempted murder.

—Daytona Beach News-Journal

A shooting in Watts, Calif., Sunday night left a man dead and his wife wounded. Just after 11 p.m., a husband and wife, both said to be in their 50s, were inside their home when they heard their car alarm going off. The husband went outside to investigate and was confronted by two suspects. The husband was shot twice in the upper torso; the wife was shot once in the elbow and suffered a graze wound to her abdomen. Both suspects remain outstanding.

—KTLA.com

Doris Ann Young, 43, died Sunday after being shot in the yard of a Clayton County, Ga, home. The shooting suspect, Willie Thomas Mosley, 51, is believed to be in hiding. When taken into custody, Mosley will be charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

—Atlanta Journal-Constitution

An 11-year old boy and another man were shot in West Baltimore Monday night. Both victims’ conditions were not immediately available.

—ABC2News.com

A man died and three people were arrested early Sunday morning after an altercation at a home near Lynnwood, Wash. Dean Urness, 52, suffered an apparent gunshot wound and possible head injuries. About 10 people were at the house in the hours surrounding the death, some of them homeless. A man, 37, and a woman, 32, who lived at the home were arrested in connection with the case.

—HeraldNet

A man and his son were shot and wounded while driving through East Knoxville, Tenn., Sunday night. Marcus Stanford Sr., 42, who was driving on Asheville Highway, suffered a single gunshot wound to his left side; Marcus Stanford Jr., 19, had multiple wounds to his legs and hips. An earlier confrontation may have led to the attack, police said. No suspects have been named.

—KnoxNews.com

29-year-old Carlos Alberto Jurado was killed when gunfire rang out at a Bradenton, Fla., apartment complex situated close to a playground. The gunman has not been arrested. “It’s just like any other place. You can’t predict where crime is going to occur,” police captain Warren Merriman said.

—WTSP.com

A woman is dead after an early-morning shooting Sunday at a Southfield, Mich., nightclub. Nicole Riggs as hit by gunfire following an altercation inside Myst nightclub at 2:17 a.m. Police are investigating.

—Detroit Free Press

A 37-year-old man was was shot and critically injured in North Philadelphia on Monday afternoon by his stepbrother. The victim was shot twice in the back in his home around 4 p.m. The 27-year-old shooter fled from the building and remains at large.

—Philly.com

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 3,292 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.