Ohio Father Convicted Under New Safe Firearm Storage Law After Child Shoots Loaded Gun Inside Home

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An Ohio man, Matthew Rivas, was charged with two counts of negligent storage of a firearm and one count of child endangerment after a child found and discharged a loaded gun in his home. The incident was caught on video and is the first case involving Columbus City's recently-passed safe storage ordinance. No one was injured in the incident.
- Ohio man charged after chilling video shows child shooting loaded gun inside his home WLS-TV
- Chilling video: Child finds loaded gun in couch, discharges it inside Ohio home ABC7
- Columbus father charged after gun goes off in child’s hand NBC4 WCMH-TV
- Columbus dad convicted under new city law after young child fires gun The Columbus Dispatch
- Columbus man pleads guilty in first case of city's new safe firearm storage law WBNS 10TV
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