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But again I will ask, how do you all feel about how this reflects on all gun owners in the eye of non gun owners. My opinion is it doesn't help.
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Oh I quite agree that this reflects poorly on gun ownership. I also agree that the gun owner in this instance behaved irresponsibly. Which is the purpose of running the story nationally. "5 year old shot in face after dad left gun in car..." is a sensationalist title. I won't contend that the title is factually incorrect, but "5 year old injured in accidental shooting with father's gun" would also be factually correct. Subtle, but distinct differences. An example...
Take the CNN story:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/26/polit...ase/index.html
The title is "Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital after cancer surgery." The title is factually accurate.
Based off of information in the story, a factually accurate title could also be "Aging Supreme Court Justice, 85, released from hospital again after lung cancer treatment less than 2 months after breaking 3 ribs in a fall at home."
See the difference in the two titles? One does not overtly question, or invoke concern of, a person's fitness for an office they hold due to health concerns. The other clearly does. I wonder what CNN's title would actually be if it were not RBG, but instead Clarence Thomas. 10 to 1 that there would be a passing mention of a controversy over 25 years old now, because media with an agenda must get in rabbit punches where they can.