In terms of assigning responsibility, this is an easy one.

“You” refers to the firearm’s owner. Firearm ownership comes with a high degree of responsibility. It means knowing and following the four rules, at least two of which must be broken at the same time for someone to get hurt. It means maintaining a reasonable degree of control over that firearm at all times, whether it’s on your person or being stored.

If anyone is “finding” a firearm, reasonable precautions were not taken to secure that firearm.

These cases all boil down to gross negligence on the owner’s part. Legally and logically, the owner should be the one to suffer the consequences.

Unfortunately, in a lot of cases, the incident gets treated as a “tragedy” and legal consequences do not get applied.