Strict parental control and so called safe keeping will do and stop nothing . That would be nothing but a feel good empty gesture and waste of time it also implies the fault is always the parents not securing the gun when in fact most of the guns in the hand of under age kids came from other under age kids and other adult criminals . Being a thug and showing off with a loaded gun has its own consequences. This is just an example of one . The other is they stupidly shot and kill someone else and there are other consequences. Not saying the kid deserved it , not at all . But I am saying he is only a victim of his own stupidity.