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I really don't know what type of legislation would prevent this. Maybe lowering the standards necessary to make the parent criminally responsible or requiring guns to be locked. Neither would seem to be very effective.
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It wouldn't be very effective. Laws of that nature, the ones that try and legislate common sense, aren't followed by those without common sense. And those with common sense already do the right thing.
Surely some guy that leaves his loaded gun laying around while his kids play doesn't say to himself "Hmmm I think I'll lay this gun here because there's no law against it".
And likewise, the guy that kills his kid because he cleaned his gun while it was loaded doesn't say "Hmmm, I think I'll keep this gun loaded while I clean it because there's no law against it"
Stupidity is tragic when it involves innocent bystanders. But there's not much you can do about it.
Sgt Lumpy